Letter from Ernest Shackleton to Mr Gwatkin, [1909]
Letter from Ernest Shackleton to Mr Gwatkin, [1909]
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[1909]
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MLMSS 9988
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Manuscript letter in ink on 4 sides of one folded sheet of writing paper, headed “Browfort House, Devizes, Sunday”, addressed to “Mr Gwatkin” and signed “Ernest Shackleton”. The letter is not otherwise dated, but the letter’s contents indicate an approximate date of December 1909.
In the letter, Shackleton apologises for declining an invitation...
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Letter from Ernest Shackleton to Mr Gwatkin, [1909]
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Source
Purchased from Maggs Bros Ltd, London, Catalogue 1485, Item 49, March 2017
Collection history
Purchased from Christies, London, in 1991 by a U.S. collector, who subsequently offered it to Maggs Bros Ltd, London
Administrative / Biographical history
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) was a polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. At the time of writing the letter, he had recently returned from the first of these, known as the Nimrod Expedition, which reached a Farthest South latitude of 88° 23’ S, just 97 nautical miles from the South Pole.
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MLMSS 9988
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nX6DG6LY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6DG6LY
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1006594
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