"I DO NOT SEE MUCH PROSPECT OF MY GETTING A WIFE ..."
KITCHENER
(Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl, 1850-1916, Commander in Chief in South Africa, Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum)]
Fine Personal Autograph Letter Signed in full to Military Survey Sergeant Major Angus Sutherland
thanking him for his letter and saying that he "may be sure I shall always take a great interest in your future after serving me so well in Palestine and Cyprus - I hope you may have a long and happy married life. I do no see much prospect of my getting a wife - I expect to be back in England in about 3 months if all goes well. I shall try & take Cyprus on my way so as to see all my old friends there again ... I have a good deal of hard work here writing up my mail ..." with a postscript saying he is enclosing a photo, 3 sides 8vo., Zanzibar, 9th April
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
41594
£425
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