[Charles Fechter, actor.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Ch. Fechter') to Lord Errington, asking for assistance from Baring's Bank over 'the difficulties I had to run through because of my loss of money'.

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, creased and lightly-aged. The letter begins: 'My dear Lord Errington, | You know the difficulties I had to run through because of my loss of money. The rest of my present fortune I am not allowed to withdraw without, for one sum, a years notice, the other, 18 months, the whole sum being 5 or £6,000.' He proceeds explains the particulars of his proposal to 'deposite [sic] with A. B. [i.e. Alexander Baring] two bills of exhcange each of half the sum above mentioned'. He asks if his proposals are 'practicable', and whether Errington can 'in any way, help me at your Bank?' The letter concludes: 'I am over to Paris where I'll be waiting your answer to conclude the matter, and bring back the bills, if necessary'. Fechter's financial incompetence was notorious. His friend Wilkie Collins observed: 'I have met with many children who had a clearer idea than he possessed of pecuniary responsibilities'.