ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, Stray Hotel, Harrogate letterhead, September 5, 1923. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “I hate this continual shifting from office to office without being given time to leave a mark anywhere but the one compensation is that the change brings me such delightful letters from one’s friends…I only hope you won’t change your mind when I have been a year at the Treasury. I fear trade prospects are none too good but I still retain a cheerful and unfounded hope of better times before long. We hope to get back to Birmingham at the end of next week for a brief interval before moving into Downing Street.” In fine condition. Over the course of ten months, Chamberlain rose from backbencher—the lowest level in Parliament—to Chancellor of the Exchequer, the cabinet minister responsible for all economic and financial matters. In these months he had already changed offices twice, first as postmaster general and then as minister of health. This letter comes from one week after he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, but seemingly before he actually took office. The official residence of the chancellor is at 11 Downing Street, which is what Chamberlain refers to at the end of the letter. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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