Record

Document Reference	Os C 525
Title	Letter from [G.H. Gordon], 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Argyll House, London, to J.E. Denison; 4 Dec. 1853
Date	4 December 1853
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that he has been unable to visit Downing Street due to bad cold; comments that Denison's observations on Italy tally with other sources; believes warfare may spread across Europe; comments that Piedmont is 'bright spot' in 'gloomy picture' of Rome and Naples; refers to Government of Tuscany; [parliamentary] reform described as thorny subject.
Term	governments, Tuscany 1853
	war, fear of
	politics, Italian
	parliamentary business, reform

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA142	Gordon; George Hamilton- (1784-1860); 4th Earl of Aberdeen	1784-1860
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873

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