Letter from Sir William Robson (26 Eaton Square, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his campaign in North-West Manchester.

Letter from Alexander Porter (Norwood, Prestwich, Manchester) to WSC congratulating him on his victory in the Dundee [Scotland] election.

Telegram from General Louis Botha (Pretoria, [South Africa]) to WSC congratulating him [on his victory in the Dundee [Scotland] election].

Letter from Robert Harcourt (Ashbrook, Arbroath, [Forfarshire, Scotland]) to WSC thanking him for his telegram [?congratulating Harcourt on his victory in the election for Montrose Burghs] and praising WSC's victory speech in Dundee.

Letter from Eliot Crawshay-Williams (14a Ashley Gardens, [London]) to WSC thanking him for his help whilst they were together at the Colonial Office and announcing his intention of seeking out a parliamentary constituency. Congratulates WSC on his victory in Dundee [Scotland] and urges him to get the Governmnent to take up the alternative vote in order to avoid "a catastrophe" at the next General Election.

Letter from Jesse Herbert (41 Parliament Street, London) to Edward Marsh on the Conservatives' losses and gains of seats since the General Election. A typescript copy of this letter at CHAR 2/35/35.

Analysis by Jesse Herbert (Liberal Central Association, 41 Parliament Street, London) of by-election results since 1906. Typescript with manuscript covering note.

Letter from Captain The Honorable H S Stanhope RN, treasurer of the Home Counties Liberal Federation (42 Parliament Street, London) to WSC inviting him to address the Federation's next annual meeting, possibly in the Saffron Walden Division of Essex, and giving the number of seats won by the Liberals in general elections since 1885 Annotated by WSC that he will be too busy to accept.

Letter from Edward Tootal Broadhurst (The Manor House, North Rode, Congleton, [Cheshire]) to WSC stating that he will only support WSC in the North-West Manchester by- election if it is fought specifically on Free Trade, since he disagrees with other Government measures such as the Licensing Bill.

Letter from Joseph Pease (Headlam Hall, Gainford, [County Durham]) to WSC on: WSC's involvement in the production and distribution of election campaign posters; David Lloyd George's promises of honours in return for money [contributions to Liberal Party funds]; the offer of money to help the cause of Free Trade from James Caird [a jute manufacturer of Dundee, Angus, Scotland]; the prospects for the general election.

List of constituencies with Liberal candidates. Annotated typescript. The third and fourth pages of this document are at CHAR 2/43/21-22.

List of constituencies in Manchester, Salford [Lancashire] and Liverpool with coloured crosses to indicate actual or predicted election results. In WSC's hand.

List of constituencies with Liberal candidates. Annotated typescript. The first and second pages of this document are at CHAR 2/43/18-19.

Statement of the representation and candidates of constituencies within the area of the Western Counties Liberal Federation. Annotated typescript.

List of the Liberal and other candidates standing for constituencies within the area of the Lancashire and Cheshire Liberal Federation, with coloured crosses to indicate actual or predicted election results. Annotated 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.

Memorandum from G Wallace Carter (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC suggesting how the programme of lectures and exhibitions be carried out during and immediately following the general election. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/44/87. Another copy, with one annotation, at CHAR 2/44/94.

Letter from Maurice Firth (New York) to WSC, with best wishes for his lecture tour of the United States, reminiscing about his time in the Free Trade Union, and taking part in by-election campaigns with WSC in North West Manchester and Dundee [Scotland] in 1908.

Cuttings from Manchester Evening News, Manchester Evening Mail, Glasgow Evening Citizen, Western Morning News, Morning Herald, Sussex Daily News, St James's Gazette, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Yorkshire Daily Post, Daily Mail, Liverpool Daily Courier, Manchester Guardian, and the Birmingham Daily Gazette on WSC's adoption as Conservative candidate for Oldham.

Cutting from Oldham Daily Standard, account of Conservative Election meeting at Theatre Royal, Oldham, including speech by WSC, praising the late member Robert Ascroft, also on pensions and the need for a Church Discipline Bill.

Cutting from the Manchester Guardian, article on the Oldham election, particularly meeting at Greenacres Co-Op Hall, addressed by WSC.

Cutting from Manchester Evening News, article on Oldham election campaign, including account of meeting in King Street Co-Op Hall, addressed by WSC 7 July 1899 Cutting from the Birmingham Daily Gazette on WSC's defeat in Oldham 7 July 1899 Cutting from The Star, expressing pleasure at defeat of Conservative candidates, WSC and James Mawdsley.

Cuttings from Manchester Courier and Pall Mall Gazette on election result in Oldham and defeat of WSC.

Cutting from The Times of India on election result in Oldham and defeat of WSC.

Letter from Arthur Balfour, 10 Downing Street, London to WSC, sympathy on By-Election defeat at Oldham.