An Original Kew Garden Handwritten Signed Letter from Sir David Prain to German historian, Carl Lehmann-Haupt. Dated 1914. He writes from Kew on May 3 1914 to the German historian, Carl Lehmann-Haupt, who was at that time Professor of Greek history at the University of Liverpool: Dear Sir, I beg to thank you very sincerely for your kind courtesy in sending me a copy of your exceedingly interesting paper on the origin of the Ionian Column. Yours very truly, D.Prain Sir David Prain (1857–1944), the Scottish botanist who was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew from 1905 to 1922. Size is 203m x 128mm. Condition is good.Folding creases.