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D3580 - Longsdon family of Little Longstone - [14th-20th Cent]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3580/C/697
Title	12 July 1872 G H Cavendish at 3 Upper Eccleston Street, London to William Longsdon. Many thanks for his kind letter. Writer dares say he shall settle down after a bit. Writer was looking over some old letters a few days ago and found one from William Longsdon written when W Thornhill and W Evans were contesting seat and William predicted very much what would be future consequence to Liberal party. Most of few Liberal English County members they had left had an interview with Gladstone yesterday to urge him to make some statements in House of Commons before the Recess that Government will tackle the Local Taxation question next session. Gladstone thought it a reasonable request and added that taking it in all its various aspects it was perhaps one of the largest questions House could have to deal with. Indeed when one thinks how it enters into almost every subject - management of roads, rating of mines, timber, etc exemption of personal property and on other hand freedom of land from Probate duty and comparative lightness of succession duty together with question of new rates such as for education and sanitary purposes - a question of incidence of taxation on owner or occupier or whether it should be divided between them - will last them one or two sessions. People have 100 opinions and crochets about question.
Date	1872
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Longsdon family of Little Longstone

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