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      GEORGE HAMILTON-GORDON, 4TH EARL OF ABERDEEN (1784-1860)

      Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Lord Palmerston

      14 Dec 1853

      Loose manuscript paper | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/F/11/16

      Letter from Lord Aberdeen to Lord Palmerston reporting that the objections to the proposed Reform plan which he had expressed in his letter to Lord Lansdowne had been considered by Lord John Russell and [Sir James] Graham. Aberdeen states that Palmerston's objections are so fundamental that no changes can be made to satisfy them.

      • Creator(s)

        George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860) (writer)

        Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) (addressee)

      • 1 document (2 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Downing Street [London]
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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