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Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] (Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire) to WSC discussing the feasibility of establishing a new Free Trade newspaper to replace the Standard.

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Letter from Sidney Low (2 Durham Place, Chelsea, [London]) to WSC reporting that the new owners of the Standard have given him freedom to write on anything except the fiscal question and Joseph Chamberlain, and wondering whether the Liberals can "let the whole Press gradually pass under the control of a great Chamberlainized trust.".

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Letter from William George Finch (Orchardscroft, Battle, [Sussex]) to WSC asking whether statistics can be furnished to prove that neither Free Trade nor Protection can arrest England's decline.

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Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) to WSC on letters relating to Lord Randolph Churchill's connection with Birmingham, WSC's criticism in the press of C Arthur Pearson, and the insufficient activity of local Free Trade Unionists.

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Letter from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Belmont Castle, Meigle, [Perthshire], Scotland) to WSC summarising the content of a forthcoming speech on Free Trade and the fiscal question.

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Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to Timothy Miles denying that he had been paid an honorarium by "a certain nobleman" for opposing the Aliens Bill. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning.

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Letter from Theodore Taylor (Sunny Bank, Batley, Yorkshire) to WSC asking him to address a meeting at Farnworth [Lancashire] and describing Macclesfield [Cheshire] as "the hotbed of Protectionism.".

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Letter from William Finnemore, secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association (Coleridge Chambers, Corporation Street, Birmingham) to WSC on arrangements for a meeting to be addressed by WSC in Birmingham and on the position of Free Trade in the district. Signed typescript.

Scope and Contents Letter from Walter Williams, honorary secretary of the Cardiff and District Free Trade League (17 Working Street, Cardiff, [Wales]), to WSC announcing the formation of the League and asking whether Lord George Hamilton, George Goschen, Charles Ritchie [later Lord Ritchie], Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood], WSC, the 8th Duke of Devonshire and 5th Lord Rosebery could address Free Trade meetings in Cardiff. Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC drawing special attention to the idea of...

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Issue of the "Free Trader".

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Letter from Walter T Williams, secretary of the Cardiff and District Free Trade League (17 Working Street, Cardiff, [Wales]), to WSC (105 Mount Street) inviting him to address meetings at Cardiff and Merthyr [Glamorgan], where support for Tariff Reform is strong. Signed typescript. Annotated in shorthand.

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Letter from Rev W C Trevelyan Parker, secretary of the Harwich Division Liberal Association (First Avenue, Dovercourt, Essex), to WSC inviting him to address a meeting in the Division to counter Joseph Chamberlain's forthcoming campaign. Annotated in shorthand.

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Letter from WSC [105 Mount Street] to the Editor of the Times reasserting his view that C Arthur Pearson bought the Standard in order to change it into an anti-Free Trade paper. Typescript copy with annotations in the hand of Annette Anning.

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Letter from WSC (Salisbury Hall, St Albans, [Hertfordshire]) to [F G Stokes] pointing out that Free Trade has not prevented the growth of the British Empire or made the people less war-like, although at home the contentment produced by cheap food has weakened the impulse towards social reform. Copy in the hand of WSC.

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Typescript list of Unionist Free Food League MPs and the Liberal candidates standing in their constituencies, annotated to indicate the MPs' future voting behaviour.

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Letter from Hartman Morgan (Holly Terrace House, Holly Hill, Hampstead, [London]) to WSC announcing his intention of writing temporarily for the Manchester Guardian and referring to WSC's possible consultation of him on certain aspects of the fiscal question.

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Cutting from the Westminster Gazette: policy on the Navy and Territorial Army and Tariff Reform.

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Letter from Joseph Chamberlain (40 Princes Gardens [London]) to WSC, thanking him for his letter and saying that he thought there was going to be a question in Parliament that day, on WSC's forthcoming motion [against Imperial Preference]. Chamberlain also refers to a request in WSC's letter [to use his influence to secure a decision by Parliament on Imperial Preference] explaining that he did not see any reason to interfere in the matter.

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Letter from Austin Taylor (House of Commons) to WSC suggesting a change to the wording of WSC's forthcoming motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. Annotated in shorthand.

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Letter from Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] (House of Commons) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

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Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Wimborne House, Arlington Street, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

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Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. Annotated in shorthand.

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Letter from [Lewis Harcourt] (14 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

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Letter from J H Oldham (5 Cawdor Road, Fallowfield, [Manchester]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

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Letter from Austin Taylor (179 Ashley Gardens, London) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.