Autograph note signed to an unnamed male correspondent,

Author: 
Catherine Gladstone
Publication details: 
21 November [no year], Downing Street.
£30.00
SKU: 846

(c.1813-1900), wife of the Liberal Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98). 2 pp, 12mo. "I am very sorry your note has not been answered. The truth is I am overwhelmed with applications & it is with very great regret that I must refuse your request. / I hope to be in Wells soon & in any case I could not make another engagement." Two spots of glue from previous mounting adhering to the reverse.