[Lady Salisbury [Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury, wife of Conservative prime minister Lord Salisbury.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'Miss Faithfull'

Lady Salisbury is referred to in her husband’s entry in the Oxford DNB as ‘a buoyant and forceful woman who could share his intellectual interests and encourage and facilitate his career’. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice for postage. Written in a good firm hand. Addressed to ‘Dear Miss Faithfull’ and signed ‘G Salisbury’. Begins: ‘I am afraid the Prime Minister has nothing to do with the coinage & should advize [sic] Mr Faithfull Begg to lay his suggestions before Mr Goschen [Salisbury’s Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1887 and 1892] in whose department I fancy the matter lies’. She thanks her for sending ‘the interesting extract on Mr Balfour’, finding it ‘pleasant to think that hard work is still appreciated in England’.