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HOUG/EM/4/36
Title
Letter from Joshua Samuel Crompton to Richard Monckton Milnes
Date(s)
- 31 Mar. 1862 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Ripon, Azerley Hall. - His son R. Evelyn Crompton desires a clerkship in the Foreign Office; testimonial from his private tutor, Rev. W. H. Pritchett; Tom Taylor suggested joining a large firm as a civil engineer but this might stifle his scientific aspirations; Hammond's advice as to Foreign Office appointments; has never before sought a favour.