Letter 1894 November 1 Comloncon Castle, Ruthwell, N.B. to Alfred Montgomery.

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Letter 1894 November 1 Comloncon Castle, Ruthwell, N.B. to Alfred Montgomery.

Autograph letter signed "Queensberry" (John Sholto Douglas, Marquis of Queensberry) to his father-in-law, Alfred Montgomery on the occasion of the death of Queensberry's son Francis Archibald Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig, in which Queensberry states that he sees the death as a judgement against Montgomery, Rosebery and Gladstone, and blames Montgomery for the bad blood between himself and the Viscount that was never resolved.

1 sheet (2 pages) : 20.3 x 25.2 cm.

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