| Description | Letter [with envelope] from Sir Alexander Ogston, 252 Union Street, Aberdeen to Sir James Reid, The Chestnuts, Ellon, dated 3 August 1914. 'My dear Reid / It is very good of you to have written to me. I assure you I quite understand, and moreover approved. I am quite on the shelf now, and it is best so. Marnoch is the younger and better man, and the one who ought to attend the Prince. My kind friend, don't give a thought more to the matter: and I am sure Marnoch knows that he need not. If you and he like me to be present [sic], out of courtesy, I shall be pleased to be an onlooker at the operation. Best and warmest regards and thanks Alex Ogston'. |