BIB_ID
409691
Accession number
MA 9360.2
Creator
Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of, 1800-1870.
Display Date
1866 February 2.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1983.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.1 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Clarendon gives the place of writing as "F.O.", probably standing for "Foreign Office." He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1853-1858 and again in 1865-1866.
Marked "Private."
Written on mourning stationery.
Previously accessioned as MA 3944.
Marked "Private."
Written on mourning stationery.
Previously accessioned as MA 3944.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1983.
Summary
Thanking him for a letter acknowledging Clarendon's help rendered to "your Coreligionists in Persia"; writing "I am really glad that our intercession has been successful as it saves you a long & [tedious] journey"; adding that he hopes that the Shah will "encourage the spirit of justice & toleration that he has recently exhibited."
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