Letters, 1888-1889.

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Letters, 1888-1889.

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Collection contains letters to Stanhope while he was serving as secretary for war. One is from Lord George Francis Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1888, and discusses strategy in the Mediterranean and on the west coast of Africa in the event of war with France. The second letter, 1889, of John Eldon Gorst, under secretary for India, concerns the military importance of keeping the headquarters of the Thames District at Chatham rather than Woolwich.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7401786

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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