Identity area
Reference code
Palmerston/A/A54
Unique identifier
GB 275 Palmerston/A/A54
Title
ALS from Palmerston, 94 Piccadilly, to W.E. Gladstone
Date(s)
- 7 July 1863 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Given by G.U. Yule, 1937.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Palmerston expresses an interest in supporting the appointment of an assistant, probably to the Professor of Practical Astronomy at Glasgow University. On the back of the letter is written (in Gladstone's hand ?) 'Let a precis of the informn. in this case be prepared for me to send to Ld P. Jul 2'.
With a letter of donation from G.U. Yule to H.P.W. Gatty, 18 Nov. 1937, and a letter to Yule from A.J.D. Winnifrith re the contents of Palmerston's letter, 17 Nov. 1937.