Lot 178: WREN, Sir Christopher (1632-1723). Autograph letter signed ('Chr. Wren') to Henry Carrington

WREN, Sir Christopher (1632-1723). Autograph letter signed ('Chr. Wren') to Henry Carrington, Whitehall, 6 September 1705, one page, 4to, docketed by recipient below text ('12 sept. answred') and again twice on address leaf, integral address leaf, seal in red wax approx. 15mm diameter (loss to blank lower margin of both leaves, approx. 30 x 100mm, with archival repair), tipped onto an album leaf.

On money and property: Wren writes on the subject of a small debt, and a property transaction -- 'I cannot understand what Sr Richard Newman meanes by not sealing the Lease; it was soe agreed at Mr Courtneys Chambers, & Mr Walters undertook for Sr Richard he should doe it when he came next to Town... who else hath influenced Sr Richard I know not', continuing with a defence of his own conduct, 'I intended sincerely, & am apt to thinke too well of the sincerity of others', and requesting two other articles of information. The letter closes with a reference to Wren's son, Christopher, 'My son preparing for a suddain Journy makes me answer your Letter to him'.

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