细节
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (1759-1833); CECIL RHODES (1853-1902); WILLIAM BOOTH (1829-1912) & OTHERS
A 4-page autograph letter, signed, by Wilberforce, dated Shatton Park, August 3rd, 1820, to William Evans, congratulating him on his marriage. A 2-page autograph letter, signed, by Rhodes, dated Westminster Palace Hotel S.W., 26th February 1891, to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, declining an invitation to dinner (page trimmed with slight loss to the signature). A 3-page autograph letter, signed, by Booth, on Salvation Army paper, dated International Head Quarters, 101 Queen Victoria Street, London E.C., December 24th 1896, to Mrs. Walker, discussing his health, describing an interview with William Gladstone and stating: "I hope that you are doing well on spiritual matters." A contemporary copy of a 7-page autograph letter from Priscilla Buxton (the daughter of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton), from Cromer Hall, Monday February 1824, to her Aunt giving extracts from all her father's letters from London on the State of the Slavery Question -- and approximately 30 other autograph letters signed, some by the reformer Frances Willard and William Ewart Gladstone. Clipped signatures include those of W.G. Grace, H. Rider Haggard and Hans Christian Anderson, all loose in one album.
A 4-page autograph letter, signed, by Wilberforce, dated Shatton Park, August 3rd, 1820, to William Evans, congratulating him on his marriage. A 2-page autograph letter, signed, by Rhodes, dated Westminster Palace Hotel S.W., 26th February 1891, to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, declining an invitation to dinner (page trimmed with slight loss to the signature). A 3-page autograph letter, signed, by Booth, on Salvation Army paper, dated International Head Quarters, 101 Queen Victoria Street, London E.C., December 24th 1896, to Mrs. Walker, discussing his health, describing an interview with William Gladstone and stating: "I hope that you are doing well on spiritual matters." A contemporary copy of a 7-page autograph letter from Priscilla Buxton (the daughter of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton), from Cromer Hall, Monday February 1824, to her Aunt giving extracts from all her father's letters from London on the State of the Slavery Question -- and approximately 30 other autograph letters signed, some by the reformer Frances Willard and William Ewart Gladstone. Clipped signatures include those of W.G. Grace, H. Rider Haggard and Hans Christian Anderson, all loose in one album.
来源
The family of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) by direct descent. Buxton succeeded Wilberforce as the principal campaigner against the slave trade.