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D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]
- MIL - Correspondence mostly between P.L. Gell and Alfred Milner (created 1st Viscount Milner) - 1871-1959
  - 1 - Correspondence mostly between P.L. Gell and Alfred Milner (cr. Viscount Milner) - 1871-1959

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3287/MIL/1/547-548
Title	P.L.G. to Milner: heartened by better war news; estimate of Imperialist feeling of British public; has received authorisation for undisclosed secret move (details were written on separate sheet for burning); wonders if Lord Roberts would care to combine with Rhodesian Railways for construction of a line from Mafeking to Johannesburg. With annexed note by Milner that he cannot be sure of date on original letter. (This, and the following cable, probably refer to P.L.G.'s scheme to relieve Mafeking from the north. Although the War Office agreed in principle, they were so dilatory that nothing was effected. See also D3287 MIL/1/553 and /558.)
Date	1900 Feb 9
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Boer War (1899-1902)

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