| Description | Correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain [1836-1914, industrialist and politician].
/1 Letter from Joseph Chamberlain to Oliver Lodge, written from 40 Prince's Gardens, London, dated 25 June 1904, with envelope. Chamberlain disapproves of Lodge's public opposition to the Licensing Bill ('I cannot see that the signatories of whom you were one had any special claim to pronounce ex cathedra on what is really primarily a political question') and goes on to defend the measure.
/2 Letter from Joseph Chamberlain to Oliver Lodge, written from 40 Prince's Gardens, London, dated 9 March 1905. Chamberlain advises Lodge against putting notices of church services on University notice boards, as it is not worth the risk of stirring up sectarian feeling.
/3 Letter from Joseph Chamberlain to Oliver Lodge, written from Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham, dated 1[4] June 1907. Chamberlain writes about his return to University work after a bout of ill health. He is glad to see that people are more inclined to his view that closer union with the colonies will lead to common prosperity and peace. |