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COLL P 01 05 069

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COLL P 01 05 069

Title

Provost Goodall: Letter to William Goodall

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Item

Date

3 May 1831 - 4 May 1831

Extent & medium

1 item als

Content description

Has taken a house in Conduit Street but owing to 'these abominable elections' it will be impossible to go there till next Friday. Has been successful in his canvas for Lord Chandos [as MP for Bucks] and thinks Goulburn will head the poll at Cambridge, followed by Cavendish then Palmerston and Pell neck and neck. Visited by the Duke of Gloucester. In the middle of redecoration; 'to my eye the old paper is in excellent preservation'. Do not believe that the King is a reformist. Invitation to dinner at Windsor Castle. Describes the other guests; nothing could exceed the kindness of the King and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. PLACE: The Lodge, Eton

Physical characteristics

ALS. 1 bifolium
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