Historical information

An example of the printed letter sent out to garner loans for the publication of the book being published about Stan Savige. A form was enclosed with the letters, but no examples have survived. The loans were to be repaid from sales of the book, and each lender of ten pounds or more would be entitled to purchase at the standard price a specially autographed copy.

Significance

Part of the process of financing Savige's biography,

Physical description

Official letter head of the Committee for the Biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Savige (blue), Black printing on white quarto paper. Printed signature in blue.

Inscriptions & markings

In the margin related to the penultimate paragraph: "As sent to non subscribers to the Savige Trust"