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HOUG/E/M/3/23
Title
Letter from Alfred Thomas Bentley to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 29 Apr. 1870 (Creation)
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2 ff., with two enclosures, each 2 ff.
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Scope and content
On printed notepaper, Owens College, Manchester. - Sends testimonials; left school at 17 and was mathematical master at Newark Grammar School before admission at Cambridge; his career to date; seeks post purely on grounds of practical ability and will strive to do it justice.
Enclosures: copy of testimonial from H. A. D. Surridge (in support of Bentley's application for Assistant Registrarship at London University, 1 Feb 1870; copy of testimonial from William de Lancy West, 4 Feb. 1870.