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Reference code
HOUG/D/C/3/2/5
Title
Letter from William Seymour Blackstone to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 4 Jul. 1866 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Scope and content
Whixley Hall, York. - Thanks for Houghton’s consideration; sorry to learn his sister ‘must take her place with the common herd; has persuaded Charity Commissioners to investigate mismanagement of this establishment [Whixley Hall was used as an almshouse]; gives financial details. Regrets the Government has resigned without making an appeal to the people; knew it was doomed.