Letter from E G Hemmerde, Liberal candidate for Shrewsbury [Shropshire] (1 Hare Court, Temple, [London]), to WSC inviting him to address a meeting in Shrewsbury. Describes the fall in the number of Liberal seats in Shropshire, Worcestershire, Hereford[shire], Warwick[shire] and Staffordshire since 1885. Annotated: "no".

Letter from Edwin Montagu (59 Bridge Street, Cambridge) to WSC on: general disgust at the "latest unspeakableness" of Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour]; the need for the Liberals to espouse reform; the grievances of the postal workers; the disappointment of Bron Herbert. Signed typescript.

Letter from J Moore Bayley (Peterscourt, Barnt Green, Worcestershire) to WSC giving his view of what the Liberal position on Irish Home Rule should be.

Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and Lord Wimborne (2nd baron, 1st viscount)] (Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby, [Warwickshire]) on the need for Liberalism to offer a definite alternative to government policies and increasingly influential socialist ideas. Advocates leasehold enfranchisement, land reform and reduction in military spending.

Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Canford Manor, Wimborne, [Dorset]) to WSC giving her views on what Liberal policy towards the Church of England should be.

Letter from Samuel Smethurst (Coldhurst House, Longsight, Oldham, [Lancashire]) to WSC (Canford Manor, [Dorset]) commiserating with him on his ill-health and urging him to rest. Refers to the candidates for the Oldham election and urges the Liberal party to make a definite statement of policy on Ireland.

Letter from Herbert Gladstone [later Lord Gladstone] to WSC, on Ivor Guest's [later Lord Ashby St Ledgers and Lord Wimborne (2nd baron, 1st Viscount)] forthcoming interview with Liberal Selection Committee in Cardiff [Wales], asking WSC to advise him to appeal "straight and clearly to the working men", to emphasise points of agreement, and to "face points of difference boldly as such".

Letter from William Finnemore, Birmingham Liberal Association, to Reginald McKenna, on the possibility of WSC standing with Liberal support for the Central Division of Birmingham.

Letter from J. Moore Bayley to WSC, advising against standing in Birmingham as an independent Unionist Free Trader, on the possibility of WSC joining the Liberal Party and his own decision to remain in the Unionist Party.

Letter from 2nd Lord Tweedmouth to WSC, on the need for an alliance between Unionist and Liberal Free Traders.

Letter from A.E. Skeen to WSC, on WSC's Halifax speech, and the possibility of Unionist Free Traders joining the Liberal Party in spite of the Liberal Party's attitude towards Irish Home Rule.

Letter from Frank Hall to WSC, suggesting that he join the Liberal Party.

Letter from WSC to A.E. Skeen, on the Liberal Party's attitude towards Irish Home Rule [ms, in WSC's hand and carbon].

Letter from Sir Charles Trevelyan to WSC, on the possibility of him joining the Liberal Party, outlining the common ground between Unionist Free Traders and the Liberals, and also the differences such as Irish Home Rule, the liquor monopoly, local taxation, and state regulation of sweated industries.

Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, criticising his "lamentable instability" in flinging himself into the hands of the Liberals, instead of the agreed policy of keeping firm to the Unionist Party and fighting the battle from the inside.

Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Canford Manor, Wimborne, [Dorset]) to WSC asserting that "Freddie" [Frederick Guest] should stand for East Dorset rather than a seat in Cardiff [Wales] and that an early general election will be to the Liberals' advantage. Signed typescript.

Letter from Arthur Ponsonby (Shulbrede Priory, Lynchmere, Haslemere, [Hampshire]) to WSC expressing enthusiasm about the Liberals' success in the general election but reporting that this feeling is not shared by two members of the Cabinet, who still doubt that the Government will have a strong enough mandate. Believes most Liberals in the country wish the Government to lose no time in pursuing its policies.

Extract from a letter from WSC to 8th the Duke [of Devonshire] on the desire of many Liberal Unionists in 1886 to fight the Conservatives and the wish of Devonshire's current supporters to see the Liberals beaten on all issues except Free Trade. Typescript copy, c.1910.

Note addressed to Liberals by the Conciliation Commitee for Woman Suffrage recommending the introduction of a Private Member's Bill for the extension of the women's municipal register to parliamentary elections as a first step to the general enfranchisement of women. Typesript annotated and signed by Henry Brailsford, honorary secretary of the Committee. Sent with CHAR 2/47/1.

Leaflets issued by the Liberal Publication Department, covering the budget of 1907, land reform and small holdings, registration of voters and Conservative proposals for Tariff Reform and the abolition of income tax. 6 items.

Letter from CSC, Hotel Mont-Fleury, Cannes, France, to WSC, on her holiday at Cannes, also criticising him for his speech attacking the behaviour of the Liberals "in peace as well as in War", commenting that the "Liberals (nearly all) behaved splendidly in the War, which is more credit to them than it is to the Tories who revel in slaughter".