Letter from George Joachim Goschen to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

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Goschen writes to SCC regarding the Admiralty Circular of 1871 which discusses the matter of slaves onboard Navy ships. He reports that Hugh Eardley Childers has difficulties defining the policy and they need to discuss the loss of HMS Vanguard with the Admiralty. Sent from: Hawkhurst, date stamped, 27 Jan.

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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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