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Add. MS a/243/119
Title
Letter from William Bodham Donne to Joseph Williams Blakesley
Date(s)
- 31 Jan. 1874 (Creation)
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2 sheets
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40 Weymouth Street - apologises for turning Blakesley away in favour of Shakespearian reading, Donne's last time at the society, few members have no notion of reading, Gladstone may promise the abolition of income tax "I wish he would keep it on; it is a very handy tax and cheap to gather-in"