HOUG/9/249-256
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30 Dec. 1866-17 Feb. 1875
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
HOUG/EM/7/3
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4 Jan. 1869
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
On printed notepaper: Fairman & Co., Palazzo Orlandini, 2 Via dei Buoni, Florence. - Houghton's kind acknowledgment from Pisa last year of his Treatise [on the Petroleum Zones of Italy]; has concessions on nearly 22, 000 acres of land but no money to proceed; frustrations of earlier schemes in Egypt; requires Houghton's support; discussed him with Mr Lorrimer Graham [sic: James Lorimer Graham?] of New York; sends copy of English newspaper he has started [no longer present].