Trade unions
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/120/1-9
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation. Subjects discussed include: terms for negotiations between the...
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27 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/120/10-41
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, representatives of the Central Committee of the Mining Association and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation....
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27 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 28 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/120/42-103
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, representatives of the Central Committee of the Mining Association and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation....
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28 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/121/116-122
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, representatives of the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners'...
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30 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/60-67
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, representatives of the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress and...
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30 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/68-95
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 4th Lord Salisbury, Lord Privy Seal [earlier Lord Cranborne], 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst,...
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30 Apr 1926
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(Untitled), 13 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/117-129
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Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation. Subjects discussed include: the rejection by the miners of the...
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13 May 1926
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(Untitled), 18 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/123/3-52
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Minutes of a meeting between the Cabinet Coal Committee (including Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland [Minister of Labour], George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley] and Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department) and the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation, on the settlement of the coal dispute. Subjects discussed include: reduction in wages; the...
Dates:
18 May 1926
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(Untitled), 20 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/123/53-54
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Copy of a letter from Arthur Cook, General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, to the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin], informing him that the Federation had considered the Government's latest proposals for ending the coal dispute and were ready to meet him at any time. Cook also encloses a resolution passed by the Federation, stating that though they were largely in agreement with the Government's proposals, they could not recommend agreement to reduction in miners' wages and objected to...
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20 May 1926
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/124/48
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Typescript copy of 2 letters between the Mines Department and the Miners' Federation on the coal dispute (3-4 September), consisting of: letter from Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Mines Department, to William Lee, Secretary of the Mining Association, forwarding a letter from Arthur Cook, Secretary of the Miners' Federation, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Winston Churchill], and stating that Cook's letter was a basis for restarting negotiations; Cook's letter to...
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06 Sep 1926
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(Untitled), 05 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/125/30-57
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Notes of a meeting on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under- Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst,...
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05 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), 06 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/125/58-85
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Notes of a meeting on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst, Assistant Under-Secretary, Mines Department) and the...
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06 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/126/2-73
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Notes of a meeting on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst,...
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08 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1926 - 12 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/127/3-86
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Notes of meetings on the coal dispute, between the Coal Committee (Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department and Christopher Hurst,...
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11 Nov 1926 - 12 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), [Dec] [1902]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/10
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Letter from WSC (Assouan on the notepaper of 105 Mount Street) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his illness; the progress of his [biography of Lord Randolph Churchill]; the assistance provided by [Sir Michael Hicks] Beach [later Lord St Alwyn]; disappointment in the temple at Carnac; difficulties between the Conservatives and the Trade Unions and his sympathy with the latter; and a request that she should look after "Jack" [John S Churchill] who is described as "untamed and...
Dates:
[Dec] [1902]
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 08 Mar 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/31-32
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Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of the Army estimates introduced by [Richard] Haldane [Secretary of State for War]; WSC's approval of Haldane's army reforms; and a debate over the non-payment of trade union rates of wages in Government shops in the War Office. Includes manuscript corrections.
Dates:
08 Mar 1910
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 15 Aug 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/10/76
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Letter from Sir William Granet (General Manager's Office, Midland Railway, Derby) to WSC marked "secret" enclosing information about money coming from abroad [to fund the strike in Liverpool] via a German agent called Bebel who has distributed the money amongst various unions. Signed manuscript. See CHAR 12/10/77.
Dates:
15 Aug 1911
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(Untitled), 15 Aug 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/10/77
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Transcript of a letter from Sir William Granet (General Manager's Office, Midland Railway, Derby) to WSC marked "secret" enclosing information about money coming from abroad [to fund the strike in Liverpool] via a German agent called Bebel who has distributed the money amongst various unions. Manuscript in the hand of Edward Marsh. See CHAR 12/10/76.
Dates:
15 Aug 1911
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(Untitled), [1911]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/12/10-11
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Notes concerning the widespread industrial unrest including observations on the following subjects: the threat posed by trade unionism; the concepts of sympathetic strikes and the general strike; and the lack of control in the event of a railway strike. Suggestions are made for a meeting between the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] and large industrial employers or the establishment of a committee. Manuscript on the notepaper of the Board of Trade.
Dates:
[1911]
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/12/84
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Printed copy of the terms of the agreement reached [in the London dock strike] between the Port of London Authority, wharfingers, granary keepers, ship owners and the National Transport Workers' Federation.
Dates:
27 Jul 1911
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The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/13/101-102
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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Director of the Intelligence Division, Admiralty [Rear-Admiral Alexander Bethell], asking for comment on a letter from "Captain" Tupper, one of the most violent and competent of the strike leaders in the ports in 1912, who had written to WSC about espionage in the ports. WSC asks Bethell to meet Tupper and not to hand him over to Commander Mansfield Cumming [of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6]. [Carbon].
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01 Oct 1912
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/93B/175-177
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Letter from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] explaining the reason behind the trade union orange pass stating that they admitted trade union officers into industrial buildings engaged on government work but they did not allow entry to government departments. It was thought that government departments should be responsible for issuing their own passes to frequent visitors. WSC stresses that...
Dates:
13 Jun 1943
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/93B/178
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Letter from WSC to Lord Hinchingbrooke [later 10th Lord Sandwich and Victor Montagu, Conservative MP for Dorset] advising that the threat to break the law should be withdrawn as the Trade Unionists do not seem to be in favour of this, and feels that some concessions should be made in order to gain permanent acceptance for the rest of the Act Signature in typescript. Copy.
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13 Jun 1943
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(Untitled), 07 Aug 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/14-15
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Letter from an unknown correspondent to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on disruption of work in the coal mines, and a statement made on the issue by Thomas Macnamara [Financial Secretary to the Admiralty].
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07 Aug 1914
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(Untitled), 07 Aug 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/16-17
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Letter from WSC to an unknown correspondent on a statement by Thomas Macnamara [Financial Secretary to the Admiralty], on disruption of work in the coal mines. [Carbon].
Dates:
07 Aug 1914
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