| Description | Correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and Joseph Powell Williams [MP; Birmingham City Councillor and Alderman of Birmingham; Hon Sec, Birmingham Liberal Assoc.; National Liberal Federation; Vice-Pres. Birmingham Liberal Unionist Association] relating to general domestic political matters including Irish affairs [Home Rule]; and Birmingham electoral matters
Including /2 Letter from Joseph Powell Williams relating to the Aston Riot [riot at Aston Park during Conservative rally], 1884; /8-12 Correspondence from Joseph Powell Williams relating to selection of Tory candidates for Central Birmingham, with letter from Sir Thomas Martineau [Mayor of Birmingham, 1884-1887] to Williams declining offer to stand as candidate, and press cutting, 1889 |