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Level	Item
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)	ACLAdd/68
Title	Letter from Austen Chamberlain to Sayle
Extent	1 item
Date	c. mid 1880s
Description	Letter written on 27 October 188? to Sayle commiserating with him on his mother's death and giving his own thoughts on life after death. 'Was I not more happy when I believed without questioning all the simple faith that I was taught - a God, a good being & a life hereafter where old friends would meet & live in happiness'. He talks about the death of his own mother when he was born, and his stepmother when he was 11. 'You are all I have to live for now' said my father to us children in his trouble'.
Access Status	Open

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