Letter from Leonard Henry Courtney to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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Mr Courtney writes concerning the Evicted Tenants Bill and that he believes there to be "no hope". He further writes that the business was "terribly mismanaged" and takes some of the blame himself "for not rising before O'Brien". He also writes that the [House of] Lords might "transform the bill and win a great victory and much honour" but he fears that they will not. He finally writes that it seems to him "incomprehensible" that there are "men on both sides asking the same thing" and yet it is still unattainable. Sent from: Chelsea, London. Letter is written on House of Commons letterheaded paper.

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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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