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134 THATCHER, Margaret. Order of Service for Margaret Thatcher’s cremation. 2013 The Order of Service for the private cremation service at Mortlake Crematorium on 17 April 2013, following Thatcher’s funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral earlier that day.
The service was presided over by the chaplain of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, with music provided by the Royal Hospital Chapel Choir and the hospital’s organist. Thatcher had close ties to the hospital, and her ashes were buried there a few months later, next to her husband Denis. The service was attended by around 20 of Thatcher’s family and friends, and the Order of Service is consequently much scarcer than that for her funeral, which was attended by over 2,000 people. White card covers, 8 pages (210 × 148 mm). Front cover and interior lettered in black. In excellent condition. £500 [124409] 135 TRUMAN, Harry S. Photograph inscribed to J. Howard McGrath. 1948 presented on a pivotal day Inscribed by President Truman to the chair of the Democratic National Committee and future attorney general, “To my friend & adviser, J. Howard McGrath, who faces me, with every good wish, Harry S. Truman 2/5/48”, the photograph showing the pair in the Oval Office. McGrath (1903–1966) held a number of roles within and on behalf of the Democratic party: attorney for the District of Rhode Island (1934–40), governor of Rhode Island (1941–45), solicitor general (1945–46), chair of the Democratic National Committee (1947–49), and senator for Rhode Island (1947–49). As chair of the DNC, McGrath had an important role in Truman’s successful 1948 presidential election campaign, racially integrating the Democratic national headquarters staff at the cost of some white
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