20th Century Manuscript from

Toronto, Ontario Canada. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Non-Book. On offer is a humorous letter written by Frederick G. Griffin (1889-1946) and sent to Howard Angus Kennedy [1861-1938]. The typed letter is signed by Griffin. Dated Dec. 10, 1937, on the Toronto Star Editorial Dept. Letterhead, Griffin writes to Howard Angus Kennedy in Montreal. In his… Read more about this item

Ottawa Ontario Canada. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Non-Book. On offer is a manuscript letter and accompanying envelope and business card, all belonging to Raoul Leblanc (1894-1948) and related to the history of Canadian publishing. Dated January 27, 1931 on Revue de l'Universitie d'Ottawa letterhead, Leblanc writes to François Joseph Audet (1867-1943) and confirms… Read more about this item

Ottawa Ontario Canada. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Non-Book. On offer is a newsy letter with excellent Canadian content, written and signed by notable Canadian William Saunders [1836-1914], and written to one H. A. Kennedy. Dated April 24, 1910 on letterhead of Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. The letter deals with Kennedy's recent visit to Saunders… Read more about this item

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1941. Non-Book. On offer is a handwritten and signed letter by notable Canadian, George G. Patterson (1864-1951) on his personal letterhead. In this letter, which is dated December 4, 1941 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Patterson writes to "My dear Ross". Patterson comments on his "little book"… Read more about this item

Canada. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1905. Non-Book. On offer are two autographed letters, dated 1905, written and signed by Pitt Kennedy, assistant to Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet (1845-1937). The two autographed letters written to Edward Blake (1833-1912) are requesting an appointment with Sir Frederick Pollock on his visit to Canada to discuss his… Read more about this item

Ontario, Canada. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Non-Book. On offer is a letter handwritten and signed from French Canadian professor, historian and literary critic Séraphin Marion (1896-1983) to Canadian historian, writer and editor William Stewart Wallace (1884-1970). This three page long manuscript letter contains outstanding content. Marion - who is obviously hugely respectful of… Read more about this item

Chippawa, Ontario. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Non-Book. On offer is a manuscript letter, written and signed by Reverend W. J. MacKenzie, rector of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Chippawa, Ontario, to Mrs. Thompson7 x 4-1/2 inches handwritten note on light green paper. Dated Chippawa, Mar[ch] 23, 1901. Sending along inscription information for tombstones… Read more about this item

Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Good with no dust jacket. 1911. Non-Book. On offer is a pair of two letters between Sir Robert Alexander Falconer (1867-1943) , President of the University of Toronto and Sir James P. Whitney (1843-1914) , Premier of Ontario. The first letter is handwritten and signed by Robert Falconer to Sir James P. Whitney. It… Read more about this item

Northwest Territories, Alberta, Canada. Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Non-Book. On offer is a fascinating letter relating to the death of an early Scottish immigrant to Canada, Mr. Angus Fraser. The letter, written by William G. Hutchinson, a lawyer from Lamerton, Alberta, to John Angus Fraser, the deceased man's son, who is residing in Indian Hat,… Read more about this item

Canada, Rhode Island, Toronto, Providence. Very Good with no dust jacket. Non-Book. On offer is a manuscript letter, written and signed on the reverse of a postcard by Dr. George Alder Blumer (1857-1940) , Canadian psychiatrist who initially worked under Toronto's C. K. Clarke. Dated Providence, Rhode Island, 24 [March] 1935, Dr. Blumer writes to his colleague,… Read more about this item

Canada. Fair with no dust jacket. 1981. Non-Book. On offer is a fascinating little piece of Canadiana ephemera, being a torn page from Carl Fellman Schaefer's (1903-1995) Income Tax statement from 1981. The writing is in his hand, and with signatureBIO NOTES: Carl Schaefer, a Canadian regionalist artist and teacher, painted scenes of rural southern Ontario.… Read more about this item

England. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Non-Book. On offer is the autographed letter, written and signed by Major-General Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Baronet (1876-1963) to Sara (Sarah) Mickle [1853-1930] of Toronto. Dated in London on 9 January [19]01, Wake writes to one Sara Mickle of Toronto, acknowledging on [Field Marshall] Lord [Frederick] Roberts behalf,… Read more about this item

England. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936. Non-Book. On offer is a facsimile Signed Letter of Albert Frederick Arthur George, George VI (1895-1952) Measuring 8 x 10-1/4 inches, this typed letter facsimile signed on King George's Jubilee Trust letterhead and dated July 1936. Very good condition. The letter was sent as something of a cover … Read more about this item

England. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1905. Non-Book. On offer is a postcard, written and signed by S. F. (Sidney Frederic) Harmer (1862-1950) to Charles Gordon Hewitt (1885-1920). The postcard is dated from the University of Museum Zoology, Cambridge, July 14, 1905. It has been addressed by hand to C. Gordon Hewitt, Esq. , c/o R.… Read more about this item

England. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Non-Book. On offer is a typewritten and hand signed letter marked 'personal' from Robert Anthony Eden (1897-1977) , 1st Earl of Avon and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to John Edwin Hunt of New Zealand. Eden writes this letter on Donhead House Shaftesbury blind embossed letterhead (Robert… Read more about this item

England. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Non-Book. On offer is a typed letter, signed by Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947) , written to Fredrick "Fritz" Solomonski (1899-1980). This letter is dated July 16, 1945 on 12 North Audley Street, W1 (London) letterhead. Addressed to Mr. Solomonski, Courtauld writes to Solomonski requesting the delivery of a painting… Read more about this item

England. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1912. Non-Book. On offer is a letter, written and signed by Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952). Dated from Backset Farm, Sussex on June 2nd, [19] 12, Robins writes effusively to Sir Edward Bush. She compliments Bush on the "fine and generous service you are giving". She arranges a meeting with him and… Read more about this item

Lenoir, North Carolina, NC. Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Softcover. On offer is a diary that describes life in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the years immediately preceding WWII. The diary was written by Mary Annie Elizabeth (Estes) Shearer (1862-1955). Shearer was born in Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PA. Good with no dust jacket. 1921. Hardcover. On offer is the small yet interesting diary of Reverend Howard Dawson Hetrich (sometimes Hetrick) (1889-1953) [SEE BIO NOTES AT END OF LISTING]. At the time he kept this diary, Hetrich was 32-years-old, single, living in Philadelphia, working in sales and as a Pastor. He discusses his… Read more about this item

Hamilton, Ontario, Northern Ontario, Canada. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Non-Book. Three letters written by Joseph Brennen, whose family owned a large lumber manufacturing firm in Hamilton, Ontario, and timber interests in Northern Ontario. The letters are dated 1906, 1908, and 1909. The Brennen letters offer a tantalizing glimpse into the lumbering business that existed… Read more about this item