Stuk 101 - Copy of letter, 16 Oct. 1809, from Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston, to James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury

Admiralty. - On Spencer Perceval's dilemma over appointment to Chancellor of the Exchequer: Palmerston's own future prospects of office; 'Milnes would probably not take it unless his ambition got the better of his partiality for Canning & his aversion to Perceval, and, though a man of very brilliant talents, I should much doubt his steadiness'.

Copy in unidentified hand.