Item 36: Letter from Chancellor of the Exchequer and Future Prime Minister of Great Britain, William Evart Gladstone, to J[ohn]. H[enry]. Parker, [18]55 Oct[ober] 9
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Dates
- Created: [18]55 Oct[ober] 9
Creator
- Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Good. Remnants of a different paper stuck or pasted to a blank area; paper yellowing
Measurements:
7 in. x 5 ¼ in.
Description:
The following item is a letter from Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898 to Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 on October 9, 1855. The handwriting is quite difficult to read, but comparing Gladstone’s handwriting to other of his written documents shows that in this letter, Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898 was requesting copies of the Iliad and the Odyssey through post rather than through a military or naval delivery. At this time, Gladstone served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was a master orator as well as one of the best financiers of his time. William Ewart Gladstone later became the Prime Minister of the U.K. and served from 1892-1894. During the Second Anglo-Burmese War and the Crimean War, he led the initiative to raise taxes instead of borrowing money to pay for the war. He believed that war expenses were God’s way to limit nations from conquering one another and that if England were to go to war, then it should be the upper-class who made that decision paying the brunt of the costs via taxes. Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 was a renowned writer and publisher at the time. It appears that John Henry Parker may have been William Ewart Gladstone’s publisher. William Ewart Gladstone mentions in his personal diary that he wrote to John Henry Parker, and he also had a letter from J. H. Parker about “the book controversy.” John Henry Parker of Oxford was an esquire, as written in this letter from Gladstone.
Location:
Hawarden Castle
Transcription:
Hawarden
Oct-9. 55:
My dear sir
If you are able to send me either one or two of such wanted copies of the Iliad and the Odyssey I described in my last - please do let these come by post instead of accom-
Transcript Attempt (back):
-panying his heavier commodities Faithfully yours W E Gladstone J H Parker Esq
Transcript Attempt (back):
-panying his heavier commodities Faithfully yours W E Gladstone J H Parker Esq
Creator
- Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898 (Person)
Repository Details
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