An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by Sir Richard Strachey to Levi Leone. Dated 1872. A letter regretting he will be away from London and therefore not certain to be present on Thursday. Sir Richard Strachey 1817-1908 was a British soldier, scientist and Indian administrator, the third son of Edward Strachey and grandson of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 185mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases.