[ William Archibald Spooner, Warden of New College, Oxford. ] Autograph note, on behalf of himself and his wife, wishing 'Miss Morrell' future happiness.
Author:
William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, known for his absent-mindedness and verbal confusions, known as 'Spoonerisms'
Publication details:
On letterhead of New College, Oxford. 23 April [ no year, but between 1903 and 1924, when Spooner was Warden ].
£56.00
SKU: 17143
1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. An odd aspect of this document is that its author should still be employing the long s in the twentieth century. Reads: 'To Miss Morrell, | With the best wishes of the Warden of New College and Mrs Spooner for her future happiness.' For more than a century the Morrell family were proprietors of the most extensive brewery in Oxford, and included the Liberal MP Phillip Morrell and his wife Lady Ottoline Morrell.