[Sir Edward Baines, nonconformist newspaper editor and Liberal politician.] Autograph Letter Signed to Rev. H. R. Reynolds D.D., describing an encounter he has just had with the ailing Earl Russell [the former Lord John Russell] in the House of Lords

See the entries for Baines and Reynolds in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. Addressed to ‘The Rev. H. R. Reynolds, D.D.’, and signed ‘Edw. Baines.’ The letter dates from between 1861, when Lord John Russell was created Earl Russell, and his death in 1878. Begins: ‘My very dear Friend, / I have just been shaking hands with Earl Russell. I was standing with the mob of M. P.s at the bar of the House of Lords, when he recognised me, and shook hands as he passed out, saying, “I am very glad to see you.”’ Baines was ‘so surprised’ that he ‘could only tell him how glad I was to see that he was well enough to have returned to his duties’. He informs Reynolds that ‘before going to Pembroke Lodge’ he may ‘inquire [sic] if he is in town - at 37, Chesham Place’, explaining that he does not ‘know how to obtain the information’ before writing to Reynolds, ‘or I would do it for you’.