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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JCLAdd/564
TitleLetter from Joseph Chamberlain Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham addressed to 'My dear Herbert'[?Sir Robert Herbert (1831-1905), colonial official], 14 December
Extent1 item
Date1904
DescriptionEncloses a reply from Minto [ 4th Earl (1847-1914), Governor-General of Canada, 1898-1904] and asks recipient to write direct to Minto 'giving him the invitation' [?position of Viceroy of India]. Refers to possible awkwardness if the Duke of Devonshire, as President of the Empire League, 'opened the proceedings with an anti-tariff reform speech'

A manuscript note at the top of the letter indicates that the recipient replied to Chamberlain reporting progress about Minto, 16 December
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