李德立(Edward S.Little),英国商人,上海卜内门公司创始人,辛亥革命时期促成清政府与上海革命党人的谈判。
(原文)
SHANGHAI, March 21st, 1912.
Dr.Sun Yat Sen,President,Republic of China,NANKING.
Dear Dr.Sun:
On March 5th,I sent back to you, in response to your telegram, under registered cover the letter you very kindly sent me.At the same time I wrote telling you how much I appreciated your kindness in forwarding this document.I presume the National Assembly have now seen it and should esteem it a very great favour if you would kindly let me have the letter back again.
Thanking you, and with very kind regards.
Yours sincerely,
Edward S.Little
(译文)
上海,1912年3月21日
致中华民国总统孙逸仙博士,南京。
尊敬的孙博士:
接到您的电报后,我于3月5日把您寄给我的信用挂号寄回。感谢您寄信给我。我想参议会已经看到此信。如果您能将该信再寄回,我将不胜感谢。
谢谢您,谨致问候。
李德立 谨上