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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JCLAdd/616
TitleLetter from Joseph Chamberlain to the Lord Mayor of London
Extent1 item
Date1902
DescriptionTyped letter from Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the Lord Mayor of London, written from Downing Street on 14 May 1902. Chamberlain writes to inform the Mayor of the eruption of Mount Souffriere and subsequently makes an appeal for aid to assist the islanders. Also accompanied is the original telegram received from Sir R .B. Llewelyn, Governor of the Windward Islands informing Chamberlain of the disaster.
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Custodial HistoryThe custodial history is unknown
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