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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Autograph letter signed ('W.') to Max [Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook], Colonial Office, 11 July 1921, thanking Beaverbrook for a copy of the Dictionary of National Biography, and paying tribute to the friendship that lies behind the gift: 'our friendship is not only vy pleasant, but fruitful both in council & action', thanking Beaverbrook for his support in 1916 'when I had such distracting political & personal issues to cope with', and concluding with a vision of future collaboration: 'If I were clear of this Government & its obligations, we cd work together vy happily I think. And it is certainly not for any insatiable desire for office that I stay', 3 pages, 8vo, bifolium (punch holes).
In fact, Churchill was to remain at the Colonial Office until the fall of the Lloyd George government at the October 1922 general election, when he also lost his seat.
In fact, Churchill was to remain at the Colonial Office until the fall of the Lloyd George government at the October 1922 general election, when he also lost his seat.
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