Letter from [W E] Calcraft to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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Mr Calcraft writes concerning the term "Gerrymandering", informing SCC that he has found it in a "dictionary of Americanisms" which can be traced back to 1811 when Mr Elbridge Gerry was Govenor of Massachussets. Sent from: 101 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London.

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Arranged in accordance with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition, Ottawa 2000 and The Devonshire Collection Cataloguing Guidelines.

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