Lot 1103
Atlee, Clement Richard, 1st Earl of Atlee (1883-1967), British Prime Minister (1945-1951). Autograph Letter Signed "Attlee" on House of Lords letterhead, one page, 4¾ x 7½ London, May 6, 1963. To Mr. Bear enclosing a photograph of himself and wishing that his health improves. "I had a nasty time lest you and many people thought that it was the end but I am quite well again although over eighty." Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
A MORI poll of professors in 2004 voted Atlee, whose government nationalized British industry and established the National Health Service as the basis of the welfare state, the most effective British Prime Minister of the twentieth century.
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