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Verlag: Three letters from and one letter from 1899; the others from around the same time. All six letters from 90 Buckingham Road Brighton, 1898
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The six items - written in the semi-retirement that followed Escott's breakdown in 1885 (Joseph Chamberlain and Lord Randolph Churchill took up a subscription for him) - are in good condition, on lightly aged paper. A total of 12pp, 12mo. Closely written in a well-nigh illegible hand. All six letters are addressed to My dear Sir and signed T H S Escott . Considering the execrable nature of the handwriting, it is ironic that the main topic would appear to be the supplying by Escott of autographs for the recipient s collection. Names that can be made out are: Miss Helen Henniker ( a very active "Society organizer["] in London ), the vizier to Ismail and Sir John Mowbray MP for Oxford (University) . A letter of 8 July 1898 begins in unusually readable fashion: Perhaps the autograph of the present head of the Rothschilds may be of interest. It is a curiosity of caligraphy [sic] at least. Another legible passage, on 12 July 1898: Lady Stanhope is the great Conservative hostess just now. I add her autograph. & also that of Frederic Harrison . Also included is an envelope (presumably one of the autographs referred to above) with penny stamp and London postmark, addressed to T. H. Escott. Esq. / 33. Sackville Road. / Hove. / Brighton. Also a cutting of a longish article on BYGONE BRIGHTON. / BY T. H. S. ESCOTT. .