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Reference code
HOUG/D/D/8/1
Title
Letter from Manuel Rancés y Villanueva, Marquis de Casa Laiglesia, to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 9 Mar. 1881 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
8 ff.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
On printed notepaper, Legacion de España en Londres. - Acknowledges Milnes' acceptance of a place on English jury of the Calderon poetry competition; encloses translation of the rules; announcements also placed in newspapers. Enclosed: announcement and rules of poetry competition organised by the Royal Spanish Academy to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Don Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Translation of document dated Madrid, 1 Feb. 1881.
Autograph signature only.