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CHURCHILL Winston (1874 - 1965)

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CHURCHILL Winston (1874 - 1965)
L.A.S. "Winston S. Churchillé, Tring Park Feb. 1, 1903, to his dear
STRONG| 1 1/2 pages in-8 on Tring Park letterhead, Tring| in English.
He asks him to enlighten him on the year 1816: the Great War was over, Castlereagh wanted to maintain the war tax, and he spoke of "ignorant impatience of taxation" but the left firmly opposed this policy, and instead obtained great reductions. He would like to have more information on this point, and asks Strong to help him with his encyclopedias and his knowledge...