PRIME MINISTER JAN C. SMUTS (SOUTH AFRICA) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/31/1941 - HFSID 155222
Sale Price $360.00
Reg. $400.00
JAN C. SMUTS. ALS: "J.C. Smuts" as Prime Minister of South Africa, 1p, 5x8. Prime Minister's Office, Pretoria, 1941 December 31. To Mr. Peterson, telling him that "my wife and I were much pleased to receive the beautiful scarf which Mrs. Peterson had kindly woven for me." JanChristian Smuts (1870-1950) was an influential writer and effective military commander in the Afrikaner resistance to British rule in South Africa, the Boer War (1899-1902). Thereafter, he opposed extreme Afrikaner nationalism and urged reconciliation. He was instrumental in the formation of the Union of South Africa (1910), and served for two long periods as its Prime Minister (1919-1924, 1939-1948). Smuts was influential beyond the boundaries of South Africa. During World War I he successfully commanded British troops against the Germans in East Africa. Then he joined the Imperial War Cabinet. The only man to sign the peace treaties ending both World Wars, he was also instrumental in the founding of both the League of Nations and the United Nations. Fine condition.
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