Autograph letter signed : Newcastle upon Tyne, to Joseph Crawhall, 1889 Jan. 15.

Record ID: 
289101
Accession number: 
MA 4981.76
Author: 
Wild, John S., 19th cent.
Credit: 
Gift of Kenneth A. Lohf, 1995.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.3 cm + envelope
Notes: 

With postmark and stamp.
Written on the stationery of the Tyne Angling Association; John S. Wild signs as the "Hon. Sec."
Part of an album of drawings, letters, engravings, and photographs compiled by Joseph Crawhall. Select items in the album are described in individual records. See MA 4981 for more information.

Summary: 

Telling him that the Tyne Angling Association has been formed and asking him to be its president; inviting him to attend the next meeting. A note on p. 3 from Crawhall "decline[s] the proffered honour" because of his "advancing years and comparatively indifferent health."

Provenance: 
Sale (Sotheby's, 23 May 1972, lot 416); Kenneth A. Lohf.