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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JCLAdd/148
TitleLetter from Joseph Chamberlain to Sir Robert Richard Torrens
Extent1 item
Date1882
DescriptionLetter written from 72 Prince's Gate [London], dated 12 June. Chamberlain expresses his displeasure at Sir Robert [1814-1884]'s failure to acknowledge his letter. He adds: 'I have come to the conclusion that your conduct in this matter is rather a subject for a Court of Law than a Court of Honour. Letter with handwritten annotation: 'A strange letter to an Australian Premier!' [Sir Robert had been 1st Premier of Southern Australia in 1857 before returning to England].
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