[Arnold Morley, Liberal politician.] Three Autograph Letters Signed to A. G. L. Rogers, one defending his comments on Conservative ‘tactics’ in the General Election, another formally appointing Rogers as Secretary to the Publication Department.

From the papers of Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1864-1944), son and editor of the economist Thorold Rogers [James Edwin Thorold Rogers] (1823-1890), for information regarding whom see his entry in the Oxford DNB. The three items in good condition, lightly aged. Each folded three times. All three signed ‘Arnold Morley’. ONE: 5 November 1891. 3pp, 12mo. Begins: ‘In confirmation of the conversation I had with you the other day, & after consultation with Mr Schandhorst on behalf of the National Liberal Federation, I now write to say that we appoint you Secretary of the Publication Department upon the terms of Mr. Schnadhorst’s letter to you of April 9. 1891.’ TWO: 10 August 1892. 3pp, 12mo. Following the General Election [which the Liberals won], he congratulates Rogers ‘on the manner in which the duties of the post, & the work of the department have been carried out.’ The department gave ‘general satisfaction’ during a ‘period of great stress’, and he is enclosing a cheque for £75 ‘as an acknowledgment of the extra labour’ imposed on Rogers, and the ‘Energy which you have displayed’. THREE: 27 May 1893. 2pp, 12mo. ‘I have no very clear recollection of the occasion when I made the alleged statement with regard to the tactics of our opponents at the last General Election.’ He thinks it is ‘somewhat late in the day’ for the Conservatives to be ‘making enquiries about it; but the election petitions which followed in due course sufficiently justified any statement I may have made’.