Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - "TODAY I HAVE HEARD OF HIS TITLE. SO I WRITE FOR THE DOUBLE PURPOSE OF EXCUSING MYSELF FOR THE ERROR OF YESTERDAY'S ADDRESS AND OF OFFERING MY CONGRATULATIONS." -PAGET (George Edward, English physician, 1809-1892); BENNETT (Sir James Risdon, English physician, 1809-1891).Original handwritten letter from George Edward Paget to fellow English physician Sir James Risdon Bennett, congratulating him on his knighthood, 1881. Manuscript letter written in black ink on three sides of off-white laid and watermarked paper. With address and date 'Cambridge / March 6. 81'. Addressed to 'Dear Sir James' and signed on final page 'G. E. Paget' with correspondent's name in full beneath 'Sir James Bennett'. Page size: 15cm x 9.7cm.Very Good condition. Rear blank page laid down on album card. Fold for mailing. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images.A letter from English physician George Paget, following up on a letter from the day before to James Risdon Bennett. He explains that it was only after sending the first letter that he heard that Bennett had been knighted, and "So I write with the double purpose of excusing myself for error of yesterday's address and of offering my congratulations." He correctly addresses his latest letter "Dear Sir James".Provenance: Extracted by us from an album of letters compiled by the Bennett family in the 19th century. key words:
Price: 55 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Non-Fiction Subject: Medicine
Year Printed: 1881
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Loose Pages, Articles
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: George Edward Paget
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Special Attributes: Manuscript
