Gifts
Found in 382 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 04 Sep 1941
Letter from WSC to Luke Fawcett [President, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers] thanking him and [Ernest] George Hicks [former General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers] for the gift of a wallet sent on behalf of their Union.
(Untitled), 04 Oct 1941
Letter from WSC to Don Guillermo de Blanck [Cuban Minister in London] asking for the enclosed letter to be forwarded to the Cuban Minister for Agriculture [Andres Rivero Aguero] thanking him for the cigars which the Cuban National Tobacco Commission presented to Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes [British Minister at Havana, Cuba].
(Untitled), 10 Dec 1941
Letter from WSC to Miguel Quevedo [Cuba] thanking him for the cigars and the copy of the paper Bohemia.
(Untitled), 10 Dec 1941
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Reith thanking him for the Duke of Marlborough medallion.
(Untitled), 12 Jun 1945
Letter from [Grace Hamblin, Private Secretary to CSC] to A W Southon and Sons, Builders (Edenbridge [Kent]), on their offer of a Permutit Water Softener for Chartwell, stating that WSC and CSC were unable to accept such a costly gift, but that they would be interested in purchasing a softener. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 01 Jun 1945
Letter from The Permutit Company Limited to A W Southon and Sons, Builders (Edenbridge [Kent]) offering a water softener for Chartwell free of charge, as a token of the esteem in which WSC and CSC were held by the Board of Directors and members of the Company.
(Untitled), 23 Dec 1931
Letter from Michael Florinsky, Associate Editor of the Russian Series, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to WSC, sending a gift of General Golovine's account of the struggles of the Russian Army in the First World War.
(Untitled), 09 Jul 1942
Telegram from Evatt [Australian Minister of External Affairs and Attorney General] marked "most secret" to WSC thanking him for his "thoughtful wire", commenting on plan to provide Spitfires for Australia, and stating that a black swan has been allocated to WSC and will arrive after plumage attaches itself in August.
(Untitled), 26 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army] thanking him for the globe which was presented to him yesterday by Major-General Russell Hartle.
(Untitled), 29 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt thanking him for the inscribed book of their addresses.
(Untitled), 25 May 1943
Letter from WSC (The White House, Washington D C, United States) to Anon G Carter (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, United States) thanking him for the gift of a Texan hat Initialled.
(Untitled), 03 Jan 1943
Letter from WSC to the Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Rauf Orbay thanking him for the gift of some boxes of cigarettes Signed.
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1943
Letter from WSC (Cairo, Egypt) to Adelard Godbout thanking him for the gift of a box of chocolates Signed.
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1943
Letter from WSC to Robert Graves thanking him for a copy of his new book "Wife of Mr Milton" Signed.
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1943
Letter from WSC to Edward, [10th] Duke of Devonshire [earlier Lord Hartington, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies informing him of his pleasure at becoming the possessor of the lion (a gift from the Duke) and joking that he had no need for it yet at Downing Street or Chequers and that if all else fails the Duke could personally receive the lion at Chatsworth House [Derbyshire]. Annotated copy.
(Untitled), 17 Feb 1943
Letter from WSC to Lord Lovat thanking him for sending him a copy of the "Life of your father" Signed.
(Untitled), 07 Mar 1943
Letter from WSC to Dr Pieter Gerbrandy [Prime Minister of the Netherlands] thanking him for his letter and his gift of a bottle of Dutch gin Signed.
(Untitled), 15 Mar 1943
Letter from WSC to Robert Graves marked "Private" thanking him for sending him a copy of his book about Milton's wife Signed.
(Untitled), 10 Sep 1943
Letter from WSC to Senator Carter Glass (United States Senate, Washington D C, United States) thanking him for forwarding the gift of cigars from Samuel Kaplan and for his kind words of address Signature in typescript. Copy.
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1943
Letter from WSC to Mrs J A Spender [wife of J Alfred Spender] thanking her for sending him a copy of "Between Two Wars" which as written by her late husband Signature in typescript.
(Untitled), 15 Apr 1943
Letter from WSC to Emanuel Shinwell [Labour MP for Seaham, Durham] thanking him for sending a copy of "The Britain I Want" and enclosing a copy of his book "Great Contemporaries" Signed.
(Untitled), 15 Apr 1943
Letter from WSC to Sir Andrew Duncan [Liberal Nationalist MP for City of London] thanking him for his gift of utility lighters Signed.
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1943
Letter from WSC to Jose Joaquim de Lima e Silva Miniz de Arago [Brazilian Ambassador in London] thanking him for the gift of a bust of himself made by Senor Modestino Kanto, which he had already heard was on exhibition in Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] Initialled.
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1943
Letter from WSC to Walter Elliot [Conservative MP for Kelvingrove division of Glasgow, Scotland] thanking him for sending a book of his broadcasts Initialled.
(Untitled), 26 Apr 1943
Letter from WSC to Air Marshal William Avery Bishop [Director Royal Canadian Air Force] thanking him for sending the book "For Freedom" Signed.