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HENRY FAWCETT (BLIND M.P./P.M.G. FAMOUS FOR PARCELS POST, ETC.) - SIGNED LETTER + O.H.M.S. ENV. FRONT; 9 Sept. 1882 autograph letter (probably written in the hand of Fawcett's wife and amanuensis, Millicent, nee Garrett) addressed to his friend "[W.] Botting" in Brighton asking for his company on a cliff-top walk near Rottingdean the following week. Botting was a builders merchant (of Ship St., Brighton) and his friendship (and these walks) with Henry Fawcett is noted in 'The Life of Henry Fawcett' by Leslie Stephen, 1885. This letter was sent from Fawcett's home address in Cambridge, but he was still P.M.G. at the time. Plus an unrelated 27 May 1881 front sent O.H.M.S. - because signed "H. Fawcett" at lower left - to "Sir Walter B. Barttelot, Bart, M.P." in London having a very fine red "LONDON/OFFICIAL PAID" cds on the front. Barttelot was M.P. for West Sussex at this time. Fawcett covers with his official P.M.G. authorising signature are seldom seen. (2 items)Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS
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