Lot # 419: 1867 George John Whyte-Melville Letter [Ex-Crabtree Letter]

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Offered here is an original 1867 letter to George John Whyte-Melville in St Andrews. Handwritten letter from a friend. Whyte-Melville was a Captain of the R&A and an important figure in golf in St Andrews in the mid-19th century. There is a hole in letter, perhaps where wax seal once was.

This was previously owned by Tom Morris biographer and Historian Peter Crabtree, and was part of his legendary collection.