| Description | Manuscript letters; arranged chronologically; mainly from Austen Chamberlain to Neville Chamberlain [Rt. Hon. Arthur Neville; half-brother of Austen Chamberlain] and from Neville Chamberlain to Austen Chamberlain; relating to travels; sisal-growing business in Bahamas [Andros Island]; political topics: Education Bill, National Insurance, Land Bill, pension scheme, Home Rule, elections, Liberal Unionists, Rt. Hon. William Ewart Gladstone [Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal, 1892-1894; various other political offices] and Gladstonians, Parish Council Bill, Employers Liability Bill, Austen Chamberlain elected to Parliament and appointed as Civil Lord of the Admiralty, etc.; family and domestic topics: deaths of various relatives; miscellaneous: farming, Highbury, Jewellers' dinners in Birmingham, books, etc.
Includes: /2-3 Letters from Austen Chamberlain to Neville Chamberlain relating to visit to America, New York and Massachusetts, and reception of Joseph Chamberlain [Rt. Hon. Joseph Austin; father of Austen Chamberlain] there, meeting with General Sherman, etc., 1890; /7 Letter relating to Austen Chamberlain becoming a director of the Bank of South Africa, 1891; /11 Newspaper cutting relating to Joseph Chamberlain's speech on Education Bill; /22 Newspaper cutting; /44-/48 Letters relating to travels in Bahamas and America, 1892; /55, /57, /62-/63 Letters relating to Home Rule Bill, 1893; /64 Letter relating to travels in Bahamas and America, 1893; /72 Letter relating to Austen Chamberlain becoming a director of Union Marine Insurance of Liverpool, 1894; /73 Letter relating to Parish Council and Employers Liability Bills, 1894; /74 Letter relating to resignation of Gladstone, 1894; /80 Letter relating to political aftermath of Gladstone's resignation, 1894; /84 Letter relating to Austen Chamberlain being gored by a bull, 1894; /97 Letter mentioning death of Czar, 1895; /103, /105-/107 Letters relating to political situation, elections and Parliament, 1895; /107 Letter mentioning expeditions under Lowe and Kelly, 1895; /109-/140 Letters from Neville Chamberlain to Austen Chamberlain written from the Bahamas and New York, 1891-1897, mainly relating to sisal-growing business; /117 Letter relating to Austen Chamberlain elected to Parliament, 1892; /131-132 Letters relating to imminent failure of sisal-growing business, 1895 |