| Description | Correspondence, arranged chronologically, between Joseph Chamberlain and Sir Edward Richard Russell [1st Baron Russell: MP] relating to general domestic and political matters including legislative reform [Suffrage and Merchant Shipping Bills], the Liberal Party and William Gladstone's leadership, Irish affairs [Home Rule debate]; and the affairs of common associates; with letter from Sir Edward Russell to Austen Chamberlain [son of Joseph Chamberlain] relating to composition of biography of Joseph Chamberlain, and press cuttings
Including /6 Transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to Suffrage Bill, 1883; /9 Transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to current legislative matters including Merchant Shipping Bill, 1884; /15-16 Transcripts of correspondence relating to alleged breakdown in friendship between Chamberlain and Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke [MP; President of the Local Government Board, 1882-1885], 1885; /18-20 Transcripts of correspondence relating to William Gladstone's Home Rule policy, and its divisive effects on the Liberal Party, 1885; /21 Transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to General Charles George Gordon and Khartoum, 1885; /22 Transcript of letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to predicament of his friend Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1885 |