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Published by Roberts' note: 14 April ; 'India'. On printed card of the Soldiers' Daughters' Home Hampstead, 1888
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Written lengthwise on back of 11.5 x 7.5 printed card. The side of the card with Roberts s autograph is discoloured but in fair condition, but there is slight loss along the inner margin of the printed side, resulting in some loss of text. Roberts autograph reads: I give my vote / Fred. Roberts. / India / 14th. April 1888. The printed text states that Caroline Constance Williams, aged 8 years, was the daughter of Band-Sergt. John Williams, who served 14 years, and 5 months, in India; the last year in Belorchistan, where through hardship under canvas, contracted the disease from which he died. He was in possession of the medal for long service and good conduct. Details are give of four individuals by whom The case is strongly recommended .
Published by 13 March ; 17 Dover Street W. London, 1901
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On his letterhead of coronet and letter R. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. He is sorry to refuse the Duke, but I could not really take the chair at a dinner in aid of the Westminster Hospital Funds , as he has promised Lord Cadogan to to [sic] act in that capacity in aid of [same?] Chelsea Hospital. Under these circumstances, I am sure you will excuse me. .
Published by 18 March ; on letterhead of 47 Portland Place W. London, 1903
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3pp, 12mo. Bifolium, folded once. In good condition. 29 lines of text. He thanks her for her kindness, in the midst of your great sorrow , in writing to inform the Robertses of her husband s death. We have often talked of you both, and wondered where you were living. He had thought it was somewhere in the valley of the Thames, at least I thought you told me so when last I met you both walking in Regent Street - some 10 years ago . After a brief comment on Tierney s ill health, he recalls how He, Alfred Torrens, and I sat next to each other at Mills School. Torrens died a few weeks ago, and now I am the only one left. He ends by sending his and his wife s condolences, and in a postscript signed R asks to be informed should you come to London . In his 1914 biography, Walter Jerrold writes that between 1842 and 1845 Roberts was pupil of a Mr. Mills at Hampton .
Published by 14 June ; Simla. On letterhead of the Commander in Chief in India , 1889
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See the entries for the two men in the Oxford DNB, as well as that of the subject of the letter, Sir Richard Temple s eldest son Captain Richard Carnac Temple (1850-1931), the future second baronet. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Aged, with the gutter repaired with archival tape, and the reverse of the second leaf adhering to part of its mount. Headed Private and addressed to Dear Sir Richard . His telegram of 16 May reached Roberts in Kashmir, and he at once communicated its contents to the Foreign Secretary, but with no result, as I was sorry to find when the Gazette with the Queen s Birthday Honors appeared . He will however have another opportunity of bringing your son s name to the notice of government, for in Sir George White s report on giving up the Command in Burma, Captain Temple s good services are specially alluded to . (See the Oxford DNB: The outbreak in 1885 of the Third Anglo-Burmese War brought Temple once more on active service, and led in 1887 to his being placed in charge of King Thibaw's capital on Thibaw's deposition. ) Roberts will be pleased to endorse the General s favorable opinion .