Letter to Edmund Potter

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 1396/10
  • Dates of Creation
    • 27 Jul 1858
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

Black-bordered letter from Midhurst, West Sussex, declaring Cobden's determination not to be a candidate for the next election at Manchester, and talking of the electorate there, who had undergone a reactionary turn against the Liberals (and "stoned their Prophets"). Cobden says he would only accept the candidature for Rochdale.