Description | Letter written from Highbury, Birmingham dated 9 October. Chamberlain thanks Sweet-Escott [1857-1941, colonial administrator and governor] for sending news from the West Indies, writing that she and Mr [Joseph] Chamberlain take great interest in developments in the Colonies. She comments: '[...] it is satisfactory that the measures taken ten years ago have proved so fruitful'. She refers to Joseph Chamberlain's slow but continuous recovery following a period of ill health. |