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Reference code
HOUG/E/B/6/15
Title
Letter from unidentified correspondent to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 2 Aug 1863 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 ff + fragment.
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Scope and content
On embossed headed notepaper, Darrington Hall [crossed through], Pontefract. - Damaging effects of Waterhouse’s canvassing; Liberals can only win by bribery; scruples forbid this and seat is not worth purchase price for a few months’ tenure; favours resignation over probable defeat. Adds postscript: James Heywood agrees