A Victorian private cover from John Campbell Colquhoun (1803–1870), Scottish Conservative politician, lawyer and author, sent to Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881). The front is manuscript-addressed: “The Right Honble. B. Disraeli M.P.” and prominently marked “Private.” At the lower left appears an autograph signature “J. C. Colquhoun, ” Colquhoun was a British Member of Parliament and Conservative political figure who was particularly active in religious, educational and public-policy questions. Colquhoun belonged to the wider Conservative political circle of the period, and contemporary evidence records his political activity and correspondence with senior Conservative figures during the Derby–Disraeli era. The reverse bears an interesting blind-embossed heraldic device, incorporating two devices and the motto “SI JE PUIS.” An interesting Victorian autograph and political-history item documenting private correspondence attributed to John Campbell Colquhoun and sent to Benjamin Disraeli, bearing the sender's autograph signature and an original heraldic embossing.
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