TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 4.75 x 7.5, 10 Downing Street letterhead, February 25, 1953. Letter marked “Private & Confidential,” addressed to A. L. Ball of Lloyds Bank Limited, in full: “Thank you for your letter of February 20. You are quite right in assuming that the £10,000 will be paid into the Farm Account in May.” In very fine condition. An interesting letter that finds Churchill transmitting his full £10,000 annual salary as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom into an unknown “Farm Account,” which may relate to his Chartwell country house near Westerham, Kent, an 80-acre property comprised of gardens and parkland. In 1946-47, Churchill extended his land-holdings around Chartwell, purchasing Chartwell Farm and Parkside Farm, and later Bardogs Farm and a market garden. By 1948, he was farming approximately 500 acres.
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