Item Detail
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1773
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Gladstone, William Ewart
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A. L. S. "Aug 14. 68" to J. C. Williams, Esq
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8vo
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3 pages
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VMSS 355 Folder 70
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Interesting letter, dealing with the Compulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill. . . . We may not be quite certain that we have heard the last of Church Rates in Parliament, but the teeth and claws of the controversy are drawn . . . The bill was two years in passing and, as the letter discloses, it did not achieve this until half-past two in the morning.