CHURCHILL | early autograph letter signed, to Sir Lewis Molesworth, 1901

CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON

EARLY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO SIR LEWIS MOLESWORTH 

written as recently re-elected Member of Parliament for Oldham and marked "Private", defending himself from Molesworth's criticism of his attitude to the Boer War as expressed in a speech at Leicester, about which he claims Molesworth was misled by a newspaper extract, 3 pages, 8vo, 105 Mount Street, W., [Mayfair, London], 29 October 1901 

"...I do not consider the war "an unmitigated nuisance". Far from it; I regard it as a "supreme cause" and the object of my remarks and their whole tenor is to deprecate the apathy...and to point out how v[er]y dangerous such a habit of mind may become...I can assure you I am far from regarding this war with levity or inattention..."

Sir Lewis Molesworth (1853-1912) was Liberal Unionist MP for Bodmin.

PROVENANCE:

The Pencarrow Collection of Autographs, Sotheby's London Wednesday, 8 December 1999, lot 63

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