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Lot Is Closed [1916] Roger Casement handwritten letter and Putomayo Atrocities printed report.
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[1916] Roger Casement handwritten letter and Putomayo Atrocities printed report.
Estimate:
€500 - €700
Sold
€2,700
Timed Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Description
Description: The letter in Casement's hand on blind stamped paper of the British Consul, Congo Independent State, is to Mrs Fennell about her paper on Primary Education, dated 23 June 1904, 4 pages, 8 by 5 inches. The report is from the Select Committee on the Putomayo Atrocities, 24 pages, 13 by 8 inches, recently bound in half calf and marbled boards.
Condition
Fine
Provenance
Purcell Auctioneers, 18 January 2023, lot 51;Estate of the purchaser.