Rothchild, Lionel Walter (The Second Baron). Autograph Letter Signed in English to the Secretary of State at the War Office.

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $150

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author

(ANGLO JUDAICA)

Place

Tring

Publication

28th November 1917

Description

Black ink on headed paper.

summary

Voices his objections “as an Englishman” accepting money for an English regiment (38th Royal Fusilers), from an alien enemy. “It appears strange,” he asserts, “that the English Vice-Consul should have failed to grasp this fact.”

pp. (3). Lightly browned, stamped “Received” by the War Office. 8vo

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