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Lord George Bentinck

 

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John Wilson Croker : article on Parliament and Irish Catholics

Lord George Bentinck to John Wilson Croker, 30 June 1847: 'I have read your article in the Quarterly and think it quite admirable -- a complete stunner for the Peel party. You are quite right as regards a State provision for the Irish Roman Catholic Church'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord George Bentinck      Print: Serial / periodical

  

John Wilson Croker : 'Peel Policy'

Lord George Bentinck to John Wilson Croker, 6 October 1847: 'I have got the Quarterly and am highly delighted with your contribution to it, which I esteem most admirable, and I feel confident that in the way you have put the statistics they cannot be disputed; indeed in my conscience I believe them to be substantially correct.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord George Bentinck      Print: Serial / periodical

  

 : Manchester Monthly Trade Circular

Lord George Bentinck to John Wilson Croker, 6 October 1847: 'The cotton market will ocupy a good deal of attention [...] Ferguson and Taylor's "Manchester Monthly Trade Circular," which I have received to-day, after generally observing "that at no former period in the course of a long experience had they ever known the business of that [?cotton] market so embarrassed as at this moment," note in their postscript that for money the terms are: One and a quarter per cent. for cash in ten days!"'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord George Bentinck      Print: Serial / periodical

  

 : Hansard (parliamentary reports)

Lord George Bentinck to John Wilson Croker, 28 December 1847: I have only got Hansard to-day; I have marked the particular passages in the Coercion Bill debate, and send them to you.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lord George Bentinck      Print: Serial / periodical

 

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