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    GEORGE ARBUTHNOT

    Letter from George Arbuthnot to Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps

    14 Aug 1855

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/C/61/130

    Letter from George Arbuthnot to Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposal for meeting the deficiency by using £15,000 from the surplus fund and £10,000 for the current balance of the Royal Household. Enclosed statement of accounts (see VIC/MAIN/C/61/131).

    Related Material: For related material see VIC/MAIN/C/61/131.

    • Creator(s)

      George Arbuthnot (writer)

      Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66) (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Treasury
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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