| Description | Correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and Leonard Henry Courtney [1st Baron Courtney of Penwith: MP; Under-Sec of State for Home Dept, 1880-1881; Colonial Office, 1881-1882; Financial Sec to the Treasury, resigned in 1884; Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker, 1886-1892] relating to miscellaneous professional and personal matters including Board of Trade and Home Department affairs [rail services]; the development of their political careers; and foreign affairs [the Transvaal Crisis]; with calling card
Including /2-3 Correspondence from Leonard Henry Courtney relating to provision of working men's trains by the Metropolitian Railway Company, 1883; /8 Letter from Leonard Henry Courtney relating to House of Commons debate on Mombasa Railway, 1892; /12 Letter from Leonard Courtney relating to his engagement [to Katherine Potter] and general matters, 1882 |