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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)AC4/9/1-19
TitleCorrespondence of Mary Carnegie, Austen Chamberlain, Beatrice and Hilda Chamberlain
Extent19 items
Date1888-1926
DescriptionManuscript letters of Mary Carnegie [nee Endicott, Chamberlain; step-mother of Austen Chamberlain], Austen Chamberlain, Beatrice and Hilda Chamberlain [sister and half-sister of Austen Chamberlain]; relating to various topics
Includes: /1 Typescript letter from Austen Chamberlain to Mary Carnegie relating to 'Balfour's Boswellisation', the 1885 election and Joseph Chamberlain's [Rt. Hon. Joseph Austin; father of Austen Chamberlain] discussions with Arthur James Balfour [1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister, 1902-1905, and various other political offices], 1926; /2 Typescript copy of a letter to 'Uncle Robert' from Balfour relating to 1886 dinner and political discussions with Joseph Chamberlain and others, referred to in AC4/9/1, circa 1926; /3-4 Letters from Mary Chamberlain to Austen and Hilda Chamberlain relating to travels in S. Africa, 1902-1903; /5-16 Letters from Mary Chamberlain to Beatrice Chamberlain relating to engagement and marriage to Joseph Chamberlain, including wedding and honeymoon, 1888; /17-19 Letters from Mary Chamberlain to Beatrice Chamberlain relating to travels in S. Africa, 1902-1903
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