Item 10 - Letter from Joseph Wolff to Richard Monckton Milnes

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HOUG/E/M/1/10

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Letter from Joseph Wolff to Richard Monckton Milnes

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  • 5 Jun. 1850 (Creation)

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2 ff.

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Milnes, Richard Monckton (1809-1885), 1st Baron Houghton, author and politician
(1809-1885)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Isle Brewers, Somerset. - Told Milnes on arrival from Bokhara five years ago that he had advised the Umeer to put to death Umeer Abd Ool Samud Khan; execution confirmed by letters from Captain Mackenzie at Peshawar and a Bokhara Jew now arrived in London; enclosed letter [no longer present] shows the man is in great distress; can Milnes assist? Postscript: 'Th[us?] Government and the family of Colonel Stoddart & Captain Conolly have received full satisfaction'.

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