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Manuscripts
Henry Labouchere letters to Robert Giffen
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- Description
- Four letters written by Henry Labouchere in London to "Giffin." Three of the four letters reference Alexander McEwen negatively, suggesting that McEwen was manipulating cable company shares. The fourth letter, written on Direct United States Cable Company Limited letterhead, concerns the progress of laying telegraph cable.
- Production date
- approximately 1874.
- Call number
- mssHM 82705-82708
- Provenance
- Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006. These items were originally identified as part of the correspondence of Sir Robert Giffen, listed for sale in Sotherans Price Current of Literature No. 834, 1932, Lot 2231, p. 136-7.
