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HOUG/A/B/4/20
Title
Letter from John Oldroyd Greaves to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 1 Feb. 1873 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet, with enclosure, also 1 folded sheet.
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Wakefield. With enclosure: copy of letter, 31 Jan. 1873, from the Wheldale Coal Committee, Castleford, accepting the offer of Lord Houghton's Warren House coal, which is surrounded by that belonging to Queen's College Oxford, provided that the price is raised and that Queen's give permission for Houghton's coal to be taken out through the pits. Greaves recommends Houghton to agree to the terms.