Scope and Contents Correspondence between WSC and Samuel Smethurst [Lancashire cotton mill-owner and Vice-Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association], chiefly while WSC was MP for Oldham, on subjects including: Smethurst's concern about WSC's support for Free Trade, Liberalism and 5th Lord Rosebery; the possibility of a new middle-ground political party led by Rosebery or a less radical Conservative Party; the difficulties of WSC leaving the Conservatives and his own moderate political views and dislike of...