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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JCLAdd/587
TitleSigned note of Joseph Chamberlain issued to Jesse Collings MP, 24 Nov[ember]
Extent1 item
Date1902
DescriptionThis note of authority, written on House of Commons notepaper, was issued to fellow Birmingham MP, Jesse Collings, (1831-1920, MP for Bordesley), as an admission ticket to the platform [of Victoria Station, London]
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryJoseph Chamberlain left England for a tour of South Africa from Victoria station, London on 25 November 1902. Several members of the government were at the station to see him off, including Jesse Collings, who had been a close friend of Chamberlain's for many years.

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