GLADSTONE PAPERS. Vol. XXV (ff. 323). Correspondence with:- 1. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, poet and publicist, 1880-1885. f. 1. 2. F[rancis] R[obert] Bonham, Principal Storekeeper of the Ordnance, 1835-1860. f. 146.includes:ff. 1-128 passim Sir Edward Wa...
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