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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JCLAdd/566
TitleUnsigned letter written in the third person by a clerk from Joseph Chamberlain, 40 Prince's Gardens [London] SW to Henry A[rthur] Bright (1830-1884, merchant and author), 26 June
Extent1 item
Date1885
DescriptionLetter of thanks for sending a copy of his book, 'A year in a Lancashire garden' [published 1879] and makes reference to Chamberlain's genuine interest in horticulture: 'Mr Chamberlain is a grower of all kinds of flowers, & especially interested in what are known as perennials, including the common flowers of our cottage gardens'.

The date of the letter is a slight mystery: Bright died in the year before this letter was written
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