| Description | Correspondence, draft correspondence, and typescript transcripts of correspondence, arranged chronologically, between Joseph Chamberlain and William Henry Duignan [?solicitor and antiquary] relating to various matters including general political affairs [Irish Home Rule and related legislation] and the progress of Chamberlain's political career [Chamberlain's Parliamentary candidature at Sheffield]; with correspondence between Austen Chamberlain [son of Joseph Chamberlain] and Carl Duignan [son of William Henry Duignan] relating to correspondence of their fathers, and envelopes
Including /11-14 Correspondence relating to the Government's Irish policy, 1881; /15-16 Correspondence from William Henry Duignan relating to the imprisonment of John Dillon and Charles S. Parnell [Irish politician], Coercion Bill and question of Home Rule, 1881; /26-32 Correspondence relating to Chamberlain's attitude towards Irish Home Rule, the activities of Charles S. Parnell, and Liberal Party policy, Feb-Nov 1885 |