LUSITANIA

[Admiral Sir John Ommanney Hopkins] Autograph Letter Signed J.O. Hopkins | Vice Admiral to Captain Seccombe, S.S. Cephalonia, Boston relating to the movements of the Cephalonia.

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Admiral Sir John Ommanney Hopkins
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H.M.S. 'Blake', Boston, 25 May 1894
£75.00

One page, folio, aged, fold marks but text clear and complete. Text: I beg to thank you for your courtesy in sop kindly offering to do any service for me on the 'Cephalonia' leaving Boston tomorrow for England; and I think there is nothing I need trouble you with at present. Note: Captain Percy Seccombe was drowned in the Lusitania (1915)

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[ George Sterling Ansel Ryerson, Canadian politician and physician. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('G Sterling Ryerson') to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts, regarding his subscription arrears, describing his recent misfortunes. With calling card.

Author: 
Major-General G. Sterling Ryerson [ George Sterling Ansel Ryerson ] (1855-1925), Canadian physician and politician
Publication details: 
The letter on his letterhead of Peaceacres, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario [ Canada ], with monogram 'ETR'. 1 October 1924.
£120.00

LETTER: 3pp., 8vo. Bifolium with mourning border. In good condition, with the Society's stamps and annotations. He apologises for being 'behind in my annual dues', explaining that he has 'suffered severely from the war, financially & personally - my wife went down in the Lusitania - and have had my means seriously reduced'. Nevertheless he would like to renew his subscription and would like to know 'on what terms I can rejoin the Society'. Docketed in pencil and ink on reverse of second leaf: 'Elected June 1911 | Paid 2 years | taken off Dec 1916' and '2.2 for arears £5.5 up to Xmas 1925'.

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