SALISBURY MARQUESS OF: (1830-1903)

SALISBURY MARQUESS OF: (1830-1903) British Prime Minister 1885-86, 1886-92 & 1895-1902. A.L.S., Salisbury, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (London), 11th October 1879, to Pritchard, on the blind embossed stationery of the Foreign Office, marked Private. Salisbury states that he is obliged to his correspondent for their courteous offer, although remarks ´We have, however, here a large number of papers with the signature in question - &, therefore, I should not be justified in accepting the one you possess´. With blank integral leaf. VG