Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction - March 2007
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/27/2007
Special one-page note was penned by a man whose legacy will always remain special to those in the hockey world, and is accompanied by the original envelope which Frederick Stanley addressed to “The Deputy Master”. With a February 10, 1888 postmark, the letter was written in the same year that Stanley arrived in Canada as the Dominion’s Governor General. A longtime British Member of Parliament dating back to 1865, Stanley was created “Baron Stanley of Preston” in 1886 and was appointed “President of the Board of Trade”, a position he held when he wrote this letter. It’s a type of thanks- but-I-can’t-make-it note, reading “My dear Deputy Master. I regret to find that my engagement to dine with the Association of Chamber of Commerce is for the 22nd, therefore I am unavoidably precluded from availing myself of your kind invitation.” Signed “Yours very truly Stanley of Preston.” Folded page has “Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens” printed at the top and measures approximately 4 3/4” by 7 1/2”, fitting into the envelope when folded twice. Coveted piece from the man who donated the Stanley Cup.
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