| Description | Correspondence from Mary E. Chamberlain [nee Endicott, Carnegie, third wife of Joseph Chamberlain, from Highbury, and from France, Switzerland and Italy] to Joseph Chamberlain [at 40 Prince's Gardens, Highbury, and in Malta and Gibraltar]; the sequence is in approximate chronological order; it relates to general domestic matters including arrangements to meet, social engagements [attendance at memorial service for the Duke of Edinburgh], Mary's visit to Europe with her parents, Chamberlain and Endicott family affairs [marriage of Joseph Chamberlain's daughter Ethel, visit of Mary's parents to Highbury, visit of Mary Kenrick [sister of Joseph Chamberlain], articles by Mary Chamberlain, poor health suffered by Beatrice [daughter of Joseph Chamberlain], Joseph Chamberlain and Mary's mother, the gardens at Highbury, visit by Austen and Joseph Chamberlain to Malta and Gibraltar, and proposed visit by Hilda and Beatrice Chamberlain to Egypt, and political matters [including the General Election], Jan-Dec; with correspondence from John Bellance [physician], Lady ?Dunraven, Lilian Chamberlain [nee Williams, wife of Joseph Chamberlain's brother, Herbert], telegram, cable copies and envelopes |