JAMES (1ST VISCOUNT BRYCE) BRYCE (BRITAIN) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 02/25/1910 - HFSID 32663

JAMES BRYCE, 1st VISCOUNT BRYCE
Letter from Bryce to a friend, sending along a manuscript to be reviewed (item not included). Dated 190
Autograph letter signed: "James Bryce", in black ink, 2 pages (front and verso) 4¾x7½. Accompanied by clipped 3x¾ handwritten address to Mr. Avery. February 25, 1910. British Embassy. Washington, D.C. The letter briefly states that Bryce is sending along a copy of his manuscript, which he plans to title "General Armstrong + his work". Manuscript not included. James Bryce (1838-1922), elevated to 1st Viscount Bryce in 1914, was a British scholar, jurist and politician. A Liberal Member of Parliament from 1880 to 1907, he held several important governmental posts, including Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, President of the Board of Trade, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and chairman of a royal commission on secondary education. Bryce, who wrote a landmark study, The American Commonwealth (1888), was British Ambassador to the US from 1907 to 1913. During World War I, the Bryce Commission documented alleged German atrocities in Belgium, and Viscount Bryce was outspoken on the Armenian genocide. After the war he served on the International Court and advocated for the League of Nations. He opposed women's suffrage. Multiple folds. Light surface creases. Stained left of center, bottom margin. Toned. Lightly soiled across front and verso. Stray ink marks across. Pencil notes (unknown hand). Otherwise, fine condition.