Record

Document Reference	Os C 50
Title	Letter from R. Gladstone, Liverpool, Lancashire, to J.E. Denison; 21 Jan. 1845
Date	21 January 1845
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Expresses thanks for invitation to visit; believes he will see Denison in Parliament on 'railway business' and refers to Board of Trade reports on disposal of railways; describes flourishing commercial and financial situation in Liverpool despite loss from importation of cotton from United States; refers to investment in railway shares; states that shipping and building are at low ebb although 'labouring classes' are fully employed; states that politics excite little interest although some groups believes Lord John Russell's measures should have been accepted; believes duty on some consumer items such as sugar and tea will be reduced.
Term	trade
	railways
	maritime vessels, ship-building
	employment, working classes
	transport, ships
	taxation
	financial affairs, investments

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878
NA9520	Gladstone; Mary-Ellen (-1865); Mrs; née Jones wife of Robertson Gladstone	-1865
NA9521	Gladstone; Robertson (1805-1875); Mr; brother of W.E. Gladstone	1805-1875
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873