GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809-1898). Six autograph letters and one fragmentary letter signed ('W.G. Gladstone') to Sir James Watson (three addressed to him as Lord Provost of Glasgow), Liverpool, Hawarden, 10 Downing St and illegible, 13 November 1868 - 31 October 1879, in November 1871 enquiring about the character and habits of the son of a Glasgow MP, in 1874 offering him a knighthood for his 'energetic and intelligent discharge of municipal & local duties' and regretting that he cannot 'push the Scotch Patronage Bill', and in 1879 expressing his doubts on his ability to give an address in his capacity of Rector of Glasgow University, 'In agreeing to stand I ... explicitly stipulated I must not be called upon for duty of any kind', otherwise discussing matters of business, together 15 pages, 8vo. | Christie's

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GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809-1898). Six autograph letters and one fragmentary letter signed ('W.G. Gladstone') to Sir James Watson (three addressed to him as Lord Provost of Glasgow), Liverpool, Hawarden, 10 Downing St and illegible, 13 November 1868 - 31 October 1879, in November 1871 enquiring about the character and habits of the son of a Glasgow MP, in 1874 offering him a knighthood for his 'energetic and intelligent discharge of municipal & local duties' and regretting that he cannot 'push the Scotch Patronage Bill', and in 1879 expressing his doubts on his ability to give an address in his capacity of Rector of Glasgow University, 'In agreeing to stand I ... explicitly stipulated I must not be called upon for duty of any kind', otherwise discussing matters of business, together 15 pages, 8vo.

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GLADSTONE, William Ewart (1809-1898). Six autograph letters and one fragmentary letter signed ('W.G. Gladstone') to Sir James Watson (three addressed to him as Lord Provost of Glasgow), Liverpool, Hawarden, 10 Downing St and illegible, 13 November 1868 - 31 October 1879, in November 1871 enquiring about the character and habits of the son of a Glasgow MP, in 1874 offering him a knighthood for his 'energetic and intelligent discharge of municipal & local duties' and regretting that he cannot 'push the Scotch Patronage Bill', and in 1879 expressing his doubts on his ability to give an address in his capacity of Rector of Glasgow University, 'In agreeing to stand I ... explicitly stipulated I must not be called upon for duty of any kind', otherwise discussing matters of business, together 15 pages, 8vo.
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