WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965), brev, egenhändigt sign, dat 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, july 1943.
På premiärministerns brevpapper och ställt till Reginald Purbrick Esq. , M.P. Maskinskrivet men med Churchills egenhändiga hälsningsfras samt avskedshälsning och namnteckning i bläck. Bladstorlek 19 x 24 cm.
"Mydear Purbrick,
I am indebted to you for sending me two bottles of your fine old brandy, so rare in these days. I shall personally experiment with it as you prescribed. Thank you so much for your kindness.
Yours sincerely
Winston Churchill"
Reginald Purbrick (1877-1950) was the Conservative Party politician elected as Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton. Purbrick stood in the House of Commons on February 7, 1945 to demand to know why Dresden and Würzburg had not yet been bombed by the RAF?
Gulnat med veck samt obetydliga fläckar. Mindre påskrift i blyerts samt håltagning i övre vänster hörn.
Litteratur
Jörg Friedrich. 2006. The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945
