LEWIS, Sir Thomas Frankland, baronet, letters, autographs, documents, manuscripts


Home | Archive | Facsimiles | Forgeries | Back
The image is of the first page only.

LEWIS, Sir Thomas Frankland, baronet (1780-1855). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed [to Thomas Grenville], 3 pages 8vo (hinged to a mount), London, 4 September ['1827' - endorsement by Grenville].
Explaining that he had expected to be writing to announce his appointment as secretary of the board of control.
'... I was however surprised this morning my Lord Goderich proposing to name me to the vacant office of Secretary of the Treasury to which I was indeed forthwith appointed. ...'
Provenance: from a collection formed by A.M. Broadley in 1903.
[No: 24694]


The image is of the first page only.
This is the archived description of an item that has already been sold. Please contact me by email if you would like any further information.