An autograph letter signed by Alfred Deakin to Sir Langdon Bonython, dated 11 August 1909 and inscribed 'confidential', written shortly after Deakin's third elevation to the prime ministership as head of the newly-founded Liberal Party
Deakin was sworn in as Prime Minister on 2 June 1909 after being elected leader of the Liberal Party, which had recently formed from the 'Fusion' of his Protectionist Party with the Anti-Socialist Party. Sir Langdon Bonython, a fellow Protectionist, had sat with Deakin in the inaugural Parliament of Australia..... More