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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JC5/35/1-24
TitleCorrespondence from George Goschen
Extent27 items
Date1886-1899
DescriptionCorrespondence from George Goschen [1st Viscount Goschen: MP; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1887-1892; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1895-1900] to Joseph Chamberlain relating to various domestic political matters; Admiralty and Colonial Office affairs [the Transvaal Crisis]; and Chamberlain's political career; with envelopes and wrappers
Including /1 Letter relating to Chamberlain's resignation from the Cabinet, 1886; /7-8 Correspondence relating to Chamberlain's proposals for increased grants to university colleges, and nomination of [?Arthur James] Balfour for leadership of House of Commons, 1890-1891; /15 Letter relating to appointment of Sir David Miller Barbour to position of Accountant General to the Navy, with wrapper and envelope, 1896; /18-24 Correspondence relating to foreign affairs including Delagoa Bay, China, Gibraltar, and Spain, and the movement of munitions and troops to the Transvaal, 1898-1899
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