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HOUG/E/M/5/1
Title
Letter from Eneas Sweetland Dallas to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 17 Aug. 1865 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Scope and content
6 Hanover Square. - Sends part of forthcoming work on criticism [no longer present] in support of application for the Chair of Rhetoric and Literature at Edinburgh University; seeks Houghton's influence with Gladstone and Sir George Grey; Dr. [William?] Hanna a formidable opponent for the chair; only four and a half months residence required.