Autograph Letter Signed to J[ames] Finn.

Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, British diplomat (1786-1880; DNB), for many years Ambassador to the Sublime Porte. The recipient, James Finn (died 1872), was British consul at Jerusalem from 1849–1858, also representing the U.S.A. 3 pages, 8vo. Creased, but in good condition. Reads 'The bearer of this letter is Miss Harriet Larrimore, a native of the United States of America, and a religious devotee, going for the third time to Jerusalem. She has a passport from Her Majesty's Minister at Athens, to which I have added my visa. As there is no Consul from the United States at Jerusalem I recommend her to your protection and friendly offices. I must at the same time inform you that I know nothing of her except from her own statement, which makes it appear that she is respectably connected, and, however eccentric, actuated by laudable motives, and also by strong impulses which in this Country more especially may betray her into acts of imprudence.'