Postcard from W.E. Gladstone, Hawarden, to C.E. Pascoe, 1876 November 4 : autograph manuscript signed.

Record ID: 
102156
Accession number: 
MA 23078
Author: 
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
Description: 
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 11.9 x 7.3 cm
Notes: 

Place of writing taken from postmark.
Address panel with postage and postmark to "C.E. Pascoe Esq / 136 Strand / London / E.C."
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of John Forster, The life of Charles Dickens (London : Chapman and Hall, 1872-1874); Call number 509- D548 F.

Summary: 

Giving him permission to "...proceed as you propose, if you should think fit. But I am under the impression that it might not be worth your while. The paper in question is in the nature of a personal explanation and defence. You will probably make due inquiry and then proceed or not as you really think fit. I have no second copy of the MS."