BIB_ID
395932
Accession number
MA 13315.2
Creator
Alexander, Henry M.C.
Display Date
1886 May 15.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 22 letters to Lord Charles and Lady Beresford from various friends and associates; the letters are described individually (MA 13315.1-22).
Inscriptions/Markings
With a partial draft of the recipient's response in pencil in the upper left hand corner.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Expressing his views on the question of Irish home rule, criticizing Lord Granville and the Gladstone administration, rejecting the view that the Irish are truly a Roman Catholic nation, insisting that Irish home rule would inevitably result in war, and suggesting that the Parnellites be "locked up if they make a row".
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