ALS signed “B. Disraeli,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered 2 Whitehall Gardens letterhead, February 25, 1874. Letter to Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, marked "Private," in full: "It has mortified me, that, in the construction of the government, I have not succeeded in placing you in a becoming post. During the eight Right Honorable years, sir which you have been absent from the House of Commons, two thirds of which were passed by us in a barren & gloomy opposition, new men have arisen, whose claims could not be passed over, & these only have been partially met. To effect even what I have done, I have been obliged to separate myself from colleagues to whom I am bound by personal friendship, as weak as public sympathy. I do not however wish you to misunderstand the feeling, as regards yourself, under which have made these arrangements, & that you should know from me personally, that if the opportunity offers to endorse your viscount, it will be most gratifying to [me]." In fine condition.
Disraeli led the Conservative Party to victory in 1874 and returned to his post as prime minister on February 20, 1874, just five days before he wrote this letter to Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, a member of the House of Commons for Horsham. In 1875, Disraeli would appoint Fitzgerald as Chief Charity Commissioner.
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