Lot 118
Chamberlain, Neville - Pre World War II ANS (1869-1940) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Best known for his appeasement foreign policy toward Hitler, he signed the Munich Agreement in 1938, which conceded the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany, then returned home declaring that he had achieved "peace in our time." Autograph note signed "N. Chamberlain" as Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a typed letter signed, with holograph greeting, "Dear Dr. Murray Butler," one page, 9½ x 7½", Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, London, May 8, 1936. Thanking Dr. Butler, Director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, for the reprint of the Report of the Royal Commission on Gold and Silver, 1887-88, produced by the Carnegie Endowment. His autograph note expresses his pleasure that Dr. Butler is coming to London the next month and hopes that they may meet. Fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of Dr. Butler's letter to Chamberlain. Estimate $300 - 400
Ex The Wolfe Family Trust Collection.
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