Homepage
Home
Advanced and index searches
Catalogue Search
People Search
Places Search
Discover our Collections
Major Collections
Browse by subject/type
Contact
Help
Record
Bu - Buchanan Collection; 1755-1982
A - Papers of Sir Andrew Buchanan, first baronet; 1747-1976
19 - Letters from miscellaneous correspondents, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 1864-6.
Document Reference
Bu 19/100
Title
Letter from H. Canning de Burgh [later 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde], Portumna Castle, Galway, Ireland to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 22 Nov 1866.
Date
22 November 1866
Extent
2 ff
Level
Piece
Content Description
Reminds him that he had helped a Mr Jackson who had a claim on the Russian Government respecting a railway in the vicinity of Riga; informs him that Mr Jackson had been recommended by Tom Taylor, a literary friend; refers to a failed stockjobbing attempt involving the reported death of the Prince of Wales [to affect stock prices]; reports that the situation in Ireland was very unsettled and expected trouble in Dublin and the countryside.
Term
transport, railways, Riga
Click the links below to view related name indexes
Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA6755
Taylor; Tom (1817-1880); Mr; dramatist
1817-1880
NA992
Edward VII (1841-1910); King of Great Britain and Ireland
1841-1910
NA6071
De Burgh; Hubert G. Canning- (1832-1916); 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde; M.P.
1832-1916
NA136
Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat
1807-1882
Add to My Items
Some of our major collections
D.H. Lawrence Collection
University of Nottingham archive
Newcastle (Clumber) Collection
Portland (Welbeck) Collection
Water engineering records
Papers of Professor Sir Peter Mansfield relating to MRI
Florence Nightingale Collection (printed books)
Archive of the Archdeaconry of Nottingham
Explore more