Item 7 - Letter from Lord Acton to Henry Sidgwick

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Add. MS c/93/7

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Letter from Lord Acton to Henry Sidgwick

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  • 25 Nov. 1896 (Creation)

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1 letter and 1 typescript draft list.

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Sidgwick, Henry (1838-1900), philosopher
(1838-1900)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Letter and enclosed typescript draft of list of contents for planned volumes of modern history. Discusses plans for its publication, possible problems in relation to the division of categories and Sidgwick's own chapter. 'First List of Contents' accompanies the letter, in which are laid out the titles of each chapter in the twelve volumes of the work. (2 docs)

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