Lot 354
Typed Letters, Signed, by Three Canadian Prime Ministers, 1901, 1925 and 1944
Lot 354 Details
Typed Letters, Signed, by Three Canadian Prime Ministers, 1901, 1925 and 1944
Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919)
Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911, signed as Prime Minister, one page, 4to., on Privy Council Letterhead, dated at Ottawa, 17th June 1901, to the Right Reverend A. Hunter Dunn, declining an invitation to an event in Arthabaska.
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950)
Canadian statesman and politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948, signed as Prime Minister, one page, 8vo., on Office of the Prime Minister letterhead, dated at Ottawa, June 29, 1944, a letter of condolence on the death of a gallant son (Francis Weatherford Peterkin, a flight sergeant in the Canadian Air Force who died October 22, 1943 in an overseas battle at the age of 26.)
Sir Robert Laird Borden (1854-1937)
Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, best known for his leadership of Canada during the first World War. Typed letter signed. One page horizontal 8vo., on Glensmere, Ottawa letterhead, dated at Booth Building, Sparks Street, Ottawa, 7th October 1925, sending his autograph.
largest 10 x 8 in — 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Estimate $300-$400