Churchill, Montgomery and Ernest Bevin.
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Churchill, Sir Winston. Typed letter signed to The Right Hon. John Wilmot: 'It is indeed good of you to wish me to see the Exhibition of the work of the Royal Ordnance Factories. I am proposing however to stay down here and not to return to London until Parliament re-assembles. I hope you will excuse me therefore from accepting your kind invitation, which it was agreeable for me to receive'', Chartwell paper, Jan 7, 1947, with a secretary's ink initials and note at head; Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Typed letter signed, accepting invitation to open the Exhibition at the Carlton Hotel, War Office headed paper, 22 Nov. 1946, staple holes at head; Bevin, Ernest, Minister of Foreign Affairs.Typed letter signed, to John Wilmot, apologising for not being able to visit the Exhibition, Foreign Office headed paper, 16 Jan. 1947, ink initials and note at head of page, all three letters with punch hole top left (3)