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ROBERT HASTINGS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/23/1969 - HFSID 81010

Registrar of Scotland's Gretna Green wedding chapel responds gratefully to a collector in 1969. Signed twice! Extremely rare! Typed letter signed: "Robert Hastings", and in postscript, "RH.…"

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ROBERT HASTINGS
Registrar of Scotland's Gretna Green wedding chapel responds gratefully to a collector in 1969. Signed twice! Extremely rare!
Typed letter signed: "Robert Hastings", and in postscript, "RH.", in blue ink, 1 page 6½x5 attached to 7x9 page with news clippings affixed (2 surfaces). Gretna, Scotland, July 23, 1969. On letterhead as a Local Government Officer for Gretna, to "Dear Mr. Croxford" in full: "I am most touched, especially after reading of the real celebrities with whom you have been in contact, that you should write to me. I have very much pleasure in sending you my autograph," and in postscript, "I regret there is no longer a Gretna Blacksmith." The iconic Gretna Green in Scotland served as the number one elopers' escape in Europe for over 15 years. Ran by Robert Hastings, Gretna Green became popular because their marriages required no parental consent after the age of 16. However, with a surge of newlyweds over the years (from 29 in 1953 to 434 in 1967) Scottish officials were forced to review marriage laws in order to pacify angry parents. A ruling in the 1960s put new restrictions on marriage laws and Gretna Green lost its publicity as the haven of young romantics. In 1964, Hastings performed his 2,000th wedding for his 20 year-old niece. 6½x5 attached to 7x9 page with news clippings affixed (2 surfaces). Lightly creased. Adhesive at corners. Otherwise, fine condition.

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