Letter from Henry Riversdale Grenfell to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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Mr Greenfell writes following SCC's speech in Bristol on 6 April. He writes of the American methods of forming the Constitution and that it has been the practice to "elect seperate conventions for the consideration of radical changes". He further writes that he was in America in 1853 and attended the sitting of such a convention in Boston, Massachusetts and briefly outlines his experience. Sent from: Bank of England.

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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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