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Churchill, Sir Winston A COLLECTION OF SEVEN LETTERS TO HIS DAUGHTER SARAH, AND RELATED MATERIAL, COMPRISING: (i) Sir Winston Churchill two autograph letters signed, one autograph note signed (“Papa”), and four typed letters signed, to Sarah Churchill, including a deeply affectionate and supportive letter written in the early months of World War II (“...I admire the way you have shaped your life, & how ardently I wish you the success in the profession you have chosen, which your beauty, & your talent & your perseverance deserve...”), other letters discussing her inheritance (“...It is your sheet anchor and has come down to you from many generations...”), trust funds, and gifts of money, and discussing a proposed "'fraternal association’ of the English-speaking world” , 9 pages, mostly 8vo, Chartwell, 11 Morpeth Mansions, London, and the British Embassy, Paris, 2 February 1937 to 30 April 1953, with four envelopes, one letter framed, not examined out of frame (ii) Three other letters to Sarah Churchill by: Clementine Churchill, typed letter signed (“Mummie”), headed “Diary Continued”, describing her activities during the Second Quebec Conference (“...Mrs Roosevelt and I darted off and tried to do a little shopping...”), 3 pages, 8vo, The Citadel, Quebec, 13 September 1944; President Harry S. Truman, typed letter signed, (“...I wrote your father a letter and told him what a fine show you were putting on and stated that he undoubtedly is as proud of his daughter as I am of mine...”), one page, 8vo, White House headed stationery, 5 October 1949; Sir Henry Llewellyn, autograph letter signed (“Harry”), a friendly letter about his forthcoming marriage, headed stationery of the Connaught Hotel, London, 2 April [1944] (iii) Retained draft letter by Sarah Churchill to her father Winston Churchill on the political situation ahead of the 1945 General Election with words of support in the event of his defeat, and also discussing the revelatory experience of campaigning with him (“...you must never – no matter what happens forget these days or feel that England is ungrateful or does not love you – riding two cars behind you – you have a chance to hear the remarks and study their faces...”), in pencil, 8 pages, [June-July 1945] (iv) Three framed pieces of other memorabilia including a pencil portrait of Churchill signed and dated (“Wayne Radziminski 1966”), not examined out of frame