[Alfred E. Turner, British Army officer who served in administrative posts in Ireland] Autograph Letter Signed Alfred E. Turner, to C.H. Biddle Esq, lacemaker, concerning the manufacture and improvement if Irish Lace

Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, aging, damage to second leaf without affecting the text and signs of having been tipped onto another surface. Text: I am dsired by his Excellency Lord Spencer to aknowledge the receipt of your letter, and of the copy of the Hand book on Irish Lace [see note below: Irish lace : a history of the industry] for which I am to express His Excellency's thanks to you. | Their Excellencies take a deep interest in the wefare of the work in which you are supplying so much skill and energy to promote the manufacture and improvement of Irish Lace, and you have their best wishes for the success of your exertions [...]. Note: A. At this time, Turner was aide de camp and military private secretary to Earl Spencer, the Viceroy of Ireland; B. Biddle , C. H. - Mansion house exhibition , 1883. Irish lace : a history of the industry with illustrations and a map . (Signed at the end by Ben Lindsey and C. H. Biddle) London, (1883)