FIELD MARSHAL GARNET WOLSELEY - 1883 CHANNEL TUNNEL - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - $150 - (Cadyville, NY)

Wolseley, Field Marshal Garnet; 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913). Influential British commander who was victorious in the Ashanti War and against the Mahdists in the Sudan. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by FIELD MARSHAL GARNET WOLSELEY regarding the English Channel Tunnel. War Office, February 16th, 1883. Over 35 words penned on 7-3/8 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide "War Office" stationery, with the white on pink war office seal embossed at the top. In his letter, Sir Garnet informs Lord Stanley about the controversial English tunnel "I now hear that neither of the English Companies Bills on the Tunnel matter are likely to be considered this session." Signed "Wolseley". The letter is folded for mailing. There are a couple of light ink smudges. Very good. Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley [1833-1913] was an influential British commander who was victorious in the Ashanti War and against the Mahdists in the Sudan. Because of his attention to detail the phrase "All Sir Garnet" came to mean everything's in order. In 1880-81, Sir Edward Watkin with the South Eastern Railway began digging at Shakespeare Cliff (between Folkestone and Dover) in preparation for building a tunnel under the English Channel to link England with France. Sir Garnet Wolseley was opposed to the tunnel on the grounds that a continental army could seize the tunnel exit by surprise. Many feared that the French might use the tunnel to invade England and, despite Watkin's skilled attempts at garnering political support, work was abandoned on the project when relations with France became strained over conflicting Egyptian policies. A Parliamentary committee appointed to inquire into the desirability of a tunnel was unable to reach an agreement and the Channel Tunnel was abandoned in July 1883. It took more than a 100 years before a tunnel linking England to France was finally built. I UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE ABOVE AUTOGRAPH! NO RESERVE!!! TERMS: Shipping charges…

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