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Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry2
Palmstierna, Erik2
Sandys, Duncan2
Sharp, Clifford2
Abraham, James Johnston1
Beckwith, Frank1
Clodd, Edward1
Constable, Archibald, 1774-1827.1
Diaz-Plaja, Guillermo1
Drummond-Wolff, Henry Maxence Cavendish1

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Sender: Hassell, J.G. Talbot

Recipient: Clodd, Edward

Letters: 1

Date(s): 8 Jan 1920

Location: BC Clodd. In Clodd, "Story of Creation" [front]


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Diaz-Plaja, Guillermo to Shoemaker, William Hutchinson

Diaz-Plaja, Guillermo

11 Feb 1975 - 15 Apr 1975

1) Apologies for delay in replying; would welcome gift of books. Draft reply on verso; both in Spanish. 2) Thanks for copies of publications. In Spanish. Both extracted from

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Gambart, E. to Sala, George Augustus

26 Jun 1871 - 14 Aug 1879

26 Jun 1871 - 14 Aug [18]79; 1 n.d.

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Gillies, W.K. to Stoker, Bram

Gillies, W.K.

18 May 1887; 13 Dec 1888

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Sender: Hill, Archibald Vivian

Recipient: Simpson, Esther

Letters: 19

Date(s): 26 Apr 1954 - [Dec 1976]

Location: SC MS 959/360-378

Note: 360: With fragment of envelope. 365: Postcard. 372: Christmas

card. 376: Christmas card. 378: Christmas card.

Sender: Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry

Recipient: Sandys, Duncan

Letters: 7

Date(s): 12 Nov 1957 - 20 Jan 1959

Location: SC MS 742/325, 330, 352, 357, 371, 372, 379

Note: 1) A critical reply to points raised by Duncan Sandys. 2 ff. TS.

carbon. 2) On a meeting with Brundrett; clarification of points. TS. carbon. 3) Circumstances by which Wallis's paper to Eton College "First Hundred" reached HLB and HLB's views on subsequent publicity. 2 ff. TS. carbon. 4) Sources of Chapman Pincher's information. TS. carbon. 5) Preliminary draft of item 372. 2 ff. TS. 6) Critical comments on government policy on aeronautical research and development. 2 ff. TS. carbon. 7) In reply to item 742/378. TS. carbon.

Sender: Palmstierna, Erik

Recipient: Sharp, Clifford

Letters: 1

Date(s): 16 Jan 1917

Location: BC New Statesman 378

Sender: Sharp, Clifford

Recipient: Palmstierna, Erik

Letters: 2

Date(s): 5 Jan 1917; 5 Feb 1917

Location: BC New Statesman 378

Note: Carbons.

Sender: Emmons, Robert

Recipient: Read, Herbert

Letters: 1

Date(s): 27 Mar [1941]

Location: Read D 378

Note: Re: Emmons's book on Walter Richard Sickert

Sender: Abraham, James Johnston

Recipient: Smithells, Arthur

Letters: 1

Date(s): 28 May 1934

Location: SC MS 416/378

Note: On his book about J.C. Lettsom. MS.

Sender: Russell, Leopold Oliver

Recipient: Drummond-Wolff, Henry Maxence Cavendish

Letters: 32

Date(s): 15 Nov 1962 - 24 May 1967

Location: SC 709/333-4, 345, 346, 347, 348, 352-5, 357, 359, 362, 367, 369-70,

372-4, 378, 380, 384-5, 388, 397, 428-30, 432-3, 436-7

Note: 1) Arrangements for meeting with Garfield Weston 2) Tactical objectives of setting up an anti-Common Market Organisation 3) Development of the Commonwealth Association. MS. 4) Distribution of copies of "The Commonwealth", with a copy of: 346a. Covering letter accompanying the pamphlet 5) Possibility of appointing full-time paid staff; with a copy of a letter to Nevil Henle (347a); 28 March 1963; about the Commonwealth Association 6) Discussion with Alan Plane about directorship of the Commonwealth Association 7) Development of the Commonwealth Association in a pre-election period. 2 ff. 8) Board of Trade's rejection of "Commonwealth Association" as name for the organisation 9) Membership of the Council. 2 ff. 10) Organisation and political balance of the Council. 3 ff. 11) Suggests Prince Phillip be invited to be Patron or President of the organisation; MS. (357a Newspaper cutting of speech by Prince Phillip) 12) Progress in building up the organisation. MS. 13)
Correspondence with Henle on the "Memorandum" and "Articles of Association" of the proposed company. 2 ff. 14) Discussions with John Paul, Leslie etc. 15) Legal delays; Chandos and Harold Watkinson to be approached 16) "Memorandum" and "Articles of Association" obtained from Henle. 2 ff. 17) More names of possible chairmen 18) Company documents received 19) Names of possible chairmen 20) Registration of the Company. 2 ff. (378a another copy) 21) Lord Normanbrook's refusal of chairmanship. Telegram. 22) Acknowledgment of ?1000 cheque for the Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. 23) Question of

chairmanship. 2 ff. Presumably refers to the Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. 24) Problems of chairmanship and finance still outstanding. 2 ff. 25) Letter to "The Times"; with a copy of a

letter of congratulations to Douglas Jay (397a) 26) Government Policy 27) Cutting from "Financial Times". MS. 28) Draft of proposed letter to "The Times". MS. 29) Fund-raising problems. MS. 30) Covering note, MS. (433a Copy of letter to "The Times"; list of signatories. 2 ff.) 31) Public Opinion and the Common Market. 2ff. 32) Swing in opinion polls against joining the EEC.