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Reference code
HOUG/EM/7/1
Title
Letter from Edward St John Fairman to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 7 Aug. 1882 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Scope and content
Hatchett's Hotel, Dover St., W., London. - Encloses newspaper cutting [no longer present] on his son, who was educated at the University of Pisa; his scientific and linguistic abilities; he would be very valuable as a doctor in Egypt. Postscript: Fairman's Alexandria railway concession; knows the true secret of the Egyptian crisis.