CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/42/54
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Mr Gladstone to Queen Victoria
Date21 October 1871
WriterGladstone, William Ewart
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionMr Gladstone to address the Vice Chancellors of Oxford and Cambridge Universities as to the proposed Commission of Enquiry into their property and revenues. Dr R. Christison's acceptance of a Baronetcy reported to Queen Victoria. Enquiries to be made as to a report of an American vessel, lawfully detained, 'being cut out of one of the ports' of Nova Scotia (Dominion of Canada). Enquiries to be made as to France's rumoured intention of selling the Island of St Pierre, off Newfoundland, to the United States of America.
LanguageEnglish
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