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Letter from Sir James Graham, London, to Mr. Callander, 1858 March 9 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
102315
Accession number
MA 23135
Creator
Graham, James, Sir, 1792-1861.
Display Date
London, England, 1858 March 9.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.0 cm
Notes
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of Alexis Brialmont, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1860); PML 7901-7916, vol. IX, p. 80.
The letter is marked 'Private."
Written from "Grosvenor Place."
Graham served as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1852-1855.
Summary
Concerning an application for a Naval Cadetship; saying he is unable to answer the letter he is enclosing and asking him to provide him "...with such information as may guide my friend in preparing a Lad to qualify for a Naval Cadetship. I conclude that the Nomination still remains at the disposal of the First Lord. What is the limit of age, within which the Nominations must take place?"