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Colonial Office. He expresses pleasure at hearing that she was safe in Geneva. He announces that once more, Prince Albert had agreed to take the chair at their slave-trade meeting on the following Monday and that he was waiting at the Colonial Office in the expectation of asking the Queen to be their patron, 28 May 1840

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 1, pp. 479-482
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He adds that everyone was mad to attend the meeting and all kinds of eminent people were offering their names and assistance to their cause. He wished he knew when they could expect to see her as he wanted to pay a visit to his uncle [at Bellfield] before then. He mentions that Priscilla and Andrew were coming up for the meeting, reports that everyone, as far as he knew, was well and that the children were much improved, and mentions his own impudence in making a learned judge, Jeremie, his amanuensis for this letter. Finally, he tells her that if they wished to remain abroad for a further week or ten days they were quite free to do so.

Dates

  • Creation: 28 May 1840

Extent

4 pages

Language of Materials

  • English

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 1, pp. 479-482

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