Gifts
Found in 382 Collections and/or Records:
(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.
(Untitled), 27 Apr 1943
Letter from WSC to Derek Tangye thanking him for sending a copy of the book "Went the Day Well" which he had edited Signed.
(Untitled), 23 May 1943
Letter from WSC (British Embassy, Washington D C, United States) to James Forrestal (Under Secretary of the United States Navy) thanking him for his gift of cigars Initialled.
(Untitled), 08 Jun 1943
Letter from WSC to Sir Clive Baillieu thanking him for sending a copy of "Dunkerque Anniversary" by Joseph Auslander.
(Untitled), 11 Jun 1943
Letter from WSC to Samuel M Kaplan thanking him for the gift of cigars Signed.
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1943
Letter from WSC to Don Juan Omarrementeria thanking him for his gift of a gold watch which he had bought many years ago in Liverpool Signed.
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1945
Letter from H de Malet de Campigny (Autingues par Ardres, Pas de Calais [France]) to [WSC] sending him an engraving of [John, 1st] Duke of Marlborough [CHAR 28/148/10] discovered in his family's papers. Signed manuscript (also signed by other members of the de Campigny family).
(Untitled), c 1740
Engraving of [John, 1st] Duke of Marlborough. See CHAR 28/148/8-9.
(Untitled), 01 Jul 1947
Note from Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford, Secretary to WSC] concerning a gift of Marlborough manuscripts from [1st] Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Maxwell Aitken] to WSC. Typescript signed with initials.
(Untitled), [1945] - Jan 1950
Report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. In a presentation binding with an annotated dedication to WSC from Eisenhower and a note [by WSC's secretary] indicating that the gift was acknowledged on 23 January 1950.
(Untitled), 05 Mar 1942
Letter from WSC to A Keen [United States] thanking him for the model of the Mayflower.
(Untitled), 10 Mar 1942
Letter from WSC to 19th Lord Saltoun accepting the gift of a portrait of the 1st Duke of Marlborough by Van der Wer.
(Untitled), 22 Mar 1942
Letter from WSC to 19th Lord Saltoun advising he has received the picture of 1st Duke of Marlborough.
(Untitled), 08 Feb 1944
Letter from WSC to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia stating that he is sorry that he was not in the country when his two sons visited Great Britain and thanking him for the gift of a sword which was presented to CSC and sending him two framed photographs. Signed.
(Untitled), 29 Oct 1944
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal" thanking him for his gifts of Russian products. Copy.
(Untitled), 07 Jan 1944
Telegram from WSC [Marrakesh, Morocco] to General Charles-Emmanuel Mast [Corps Commander, Free French Army] thanking him for the present of a warm Tunisian blanket. Marked: "From Sextant".
(Untitled), 03 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal" thanking him for his greetings on WSC's 70th birthday and for the framed quotation from Abraham Lincoln.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1944
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Private" expressing his admiration for the film "Kutuzov" which Stalin had given him.
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1945
Letter from WSC to General Orbay thanking him for the gift of one thousand turkish cigarettes [carbon].
(Untitled), 29 Mar 1945
Letter from WSC to His Excellency Licenciado Ezequiel Padilla [Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs] thanking him for the cigars and the tablecloth which he and Don Manuel Tello had sent for Christmas [carbon].
(Untitled), 02 Apr 1945
Letter from WSC to General Sir Frederick Pile [General Officer Commander in Chief, Anti -Aircraft Command] thanking him for photographs [not included] of his daughter Mary Churchill [later Lady Soames] with her battery in Belgium and crossing the Channel [carbon].
(Untitled), 03 Apr 1945
Letter from WSC to Herbert Vere Evatt [Australian Attorney General and Minister for External Affairs] thanking him for the "delightful presents" and regretting that CSC will not be able to see Mrs Evatt because she is away in Russia for a month or so. With a typed postscript thanking Evatt for the inscribed book of speeches and noting [in pencil] that "I shall retaliate as only an author can." [carbon].