Autograph Letter Signed "Milner" to "Russell".

Author: 
Alfred Milner (later Viscount)
Publication details: 
Hotel Bristol-Naples, Palermo, 4 March 1908.
£125.00
SKU: 3747

Three pages, 8vo, conjoint leaves, wear at spine, not affecting text. "After many wanderings your letter of Feb 13th. has caught me here. I have been out of England since the middle of January,/ Your letter refers to a previous one wh. I have never received. / I am afraid that I cannot throw much light on the subject wch you refer. There is a big monument on the tope of Spion Kop, a column, wh. may be in the form of an obelisk but it is to the memory of the men who fell then generally, though I think, if I remember rightly, there are a number of individual inscriptions. Beyond this I do not remember any memorial in that neighbourhood, but it is very likely that others may have been erected since my visit, wh. was in 1901, while the war was still going on. / I think a line to the Resident Magistrate at Ladysmith, Natal, would be the best way of eliciting the desired information. Or else you might write to the Private Secretary of the Governor of Natal & ask him to obtain it from the competent local authority."