AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed, to Mr Moberly Bell:
dated 6th October, 1903 on 20 Cavendish Square W [London] letterhead, headed 'Private' \kerning2 saying that 'The 'Times' sets such a good example in this respect, that it is perhaps hardly necessary to appeal to you to see that we, who take the opposite side in the fiscal controversy, should be adequately reported. The circumstances however are exceptional as everyone naturally wants to read Chamberlain more than any other speaker . . .'\kerning0 Single sheet (15.2 cm. x 25.2 cm.), folded to form four pages, written on three, with horizontal crease at centre and light tape marks on last page. *Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852\endash 1928), British statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. \kerning2Charles Frederic Moberly Bell (1847\endash 1911), British journalist and newspaper editor; Managing Director of 'The Times' late 19th and early 20th centuries; founded the forerunner of the Times Literary Supplement.\kerning0. Item #184307
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