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Only top-level descriptions Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 Cartridges -- England -- Wadebridge (Cornwall)
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Gladstone cartridge incident

  • NLW MS 22186B.
  • File
  • 1889-1930

A letter, 1889, to William Ewart Gladstone from the Wadebridge Liberal Association relating to the incident when a loaded cartridge was thrown into his carriage as he was passing through Wadebridge, Cornwall, in June 1889, with copy correspondence between the Association and the chief constable of Cornwall enclosed (ff. 3, 4 recto-verso); together with notes, 1930, by Henry Neville Gladstone relating to the affair, and the actual cartridge thrown.

Liberal Party (Great Britain). Wadebridge Association