Letter from Arthur James Balfour to Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

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Mr Balfour writes concerning plans for attacking the Government once they have seen the Queen's Speech. He further writes that as he sees it, there are four subjects on which an attack would be possible (i) Agriculture; (ii) Indian Cotton Duties; (iii) Tweedmouth's cheques and (iv) the postponement of the House of Lords Resolution. He then writes expanding on each point as to how the attack would happen. Sent from: 4 Carlton Gardens, London. Enclosure to CS8/2601.

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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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