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Image Not Available for Draft letter regarding the Anglo Australian Shield on the Medway River
Draft letter regarding the Anglo Australian Shield on the Medway River
Image Not Available for Draft letter regarding the Anglo Australian Shield on the Medway River

Draft letter regarding the Anglo Australian Shield on the Medway River

Author (1865 - 1950)
Date1899
Object numberANMS0199[003]
NameLetter
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall (Open): 179 x 226 mm,
Overall (Closed): 179 x 113 mm,
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Mary Shaw
Terms
DescriptionHandwritten ink draft of a letter possibly to the Medway Yacht Club from Mark Foy at the time of his 1899 visit to England. The draft begins 'Gentlemen, referring to your letter of 18th (which by the way is no direct answer to my letter to you) - I only want a fair test'. The letter continues 'Race me 5 races on the Medway River for the Anglo Australian Shield best three out of five races ..'. A second draft letter handwritten in pencil on verso begins 'After receiving your reply to my offer to sail 2 races at each locality ..'. Letter ends 'After all the trouble I have gone to in the interest of sport'.
Image Not Available for Letter to the Medway Yacht Club discussing the Anglo-Australian Shield
Letter to the Medway Yacht Club discussing the Anglo-Australian Shield
Mark Foy
5 July 1899
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13 July 1899
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9 January 1900
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Mark Foy
15 March 1893
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Herbert Cobb
21 December 1898
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Herbert Cobb
29 December 1898
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W L Wyllie
10 August 1898
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Herbert Cobb
16 October 1898
Image Not Available for Outward correspondence of Mark Foy
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1893 - 1900
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Sir Robert Gordon Menzies
1949
Image Not Available for Letter regarding salary increase and spare shaft for PERICLES
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Harland & Wolff
26 November 1908