Autograph Letter Signed to 'Professor H. Fawcett, M.P.'

Author: 
Nowrozjee Furdoonjee [Henry Fawcett (1833-1884), English economist and politician]
Publication details: 
25 April 1874; 85 Ladbroke Road, Notting Hill, London.
£56.00
SKU: 6746

12mo, 2 pp. Monogram letterhead. Good, with light foxing. Congratulating Fawcett on his 'triumphant election to Parliament'. 'The wire will this morning have communicated this most gratifying anouncement to millions of my fellow countryment in India, who will rejoice at your victory, which will enable you again to advocate their cause and protect their interests'. Praises Fawcett's 'noble and distinguished efforts to promote the welfare and prosperity of my countrymen'. Furdoonjee was author of several works published in Bombay, as well as of a paper entitled 'The personal bearing of Europeans in India towards the natives', published in London in 1874 by Trübner.