Two Typed Letters Signed ('Leslie Urquhart'), and one Typed Letter Signed by a secretary, all three addressed to Secretaries of the Royal Society of Arts, London.

All three items 4to, 1 p. All three good, on lightly aged paper. The first and last bearing the stamp of The Royal Society of Arts. Letter One (addressed to H. T. Wood by Menzie's secretary '): 22 June 1917. Wood's letter will be 'placed before' Urquhart on his return from Russia, where he is at the time of writing. Letter Two (addressed to G. K. Menzies by Urquhart): 9 November 1917. He will be pleased to attend the meeting at which he will 'receive the medal awarded me by the Society for my paper on Russia read in November last'. Letter Three (addressed to 'The Secretary' by Urquhart): 28 November 1917. Acknowledging receipt of the letter and 'of theh Medal of the Royal Society'. 'Please convey my sincere thanks and deep appreciation of the honour done my [sic] by the members of the Council of the Society of Arts in presenting me with the Silver Medal for my paper on Russia.' Regrets that 'pressure of business and absence from town' prevented him from attending. Written at a turbulent time during Urquhart's career. According to one source: 'During the 1917 revolution, the Bolsheviks expropriated his properties. He threw his weight behind Britain's campaign to overthrow Lenin, but its failure forced him to compromise with Moscow.'