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

BIB_ID
289101
Accession number
MA 4981.76
Creator
Wild, John S., 19th cent.
Display Date
1889 Jan. 15.
Credit line
Gift of Kenneth A. Lohf, 1995.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.3 cm + envelope
Notes
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.
With postmark and stamp.
Written on the stationery of the Tyne Angling Association; John S. Wild signs as the "Hon. Sec."
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 23 May 1972, lot 416); Kenneth A. Lohf.
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."