William Gladstone LS Acknowledging Receipt of Dispatch

Letter signed, 2pp front and back, 7.75" x 12.75", dated January 10, 1846, Downing Street, London. Boldly signed by Gladstone on bottom verso. Letter is headlined "duplicate no. 4", suggesting it was widely posted and penned in a secretarial hand. Notated with date received on front top right corner. Flattened letter folds, with varying degrees of smudging, toning, and foxing throughout. Overall very good condition. From a recently discovered collection that has not seen the light of day for over 70 years!

William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician, known affectionately by his supporters as "The People's William" or the "G.O.M." ("Grand Old Man"). The year 1846 marked his breakaway from the Conservative party to join the Peelites, a dissident faction originally led by statesman Robert Peel, whom Gladstone was then serving as minister. Following Peel's death in 1850, Gladstone would become leader of the Peelites in the House of Commons, and later appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1852.

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