The Queen writes to SCC regarding Afghanistan. She writes that they should not withdraw from Kandahar as that could allow for a greater threat from Russia. There is a note enclosed from William Ewart Gladstone requesting to discuss the matter of Ayoub and Abdul-Rahman's military authority in the region. Sent from: Osborne, date stamped, 13 Feb.
Letter from Queen Victoria to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS8/1080.A
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS2/340/1080A, CS8/340/1080A
- Dates of Creation
- 13 February 1881
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 4 sheets
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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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