BIB_ID
106626
Accession number
MA 9161.1
Creator
Burns, John, 1858-1943.
Display Date
1905 December 15.
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 19.1 x 12.4 cm
Notes
Written on the letterhead of the "Local Government Board, / Whitehall, S.W."
Burns had been recently appointed President of the Local Government Board, a Cabinet level appointment which he held from 1905-1914.
Previously accessioned as MA 1754, part of a collection of letters to T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, his wife Anne Cobden-Sanderson, and other relatives.
Burns had been recently appointed President of the Local Government Board, a Cabinet level appointment which he held from 1905-1914.
Previously accessioned as MA 1754, part of a collection of letters to T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, his wife Anne Cobden-Sanderson, and other relatives.
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby Sale, 27 June 1956, Lot 708.
Summary
Thanking him for "...your beautiful book accompanied with your good wishes. I will as usual do my best I may do much and can do something. At least I will do my duty in translating sympathy into fact."
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