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CET/2/5
Title
Correspondence regarding the Colebrooke affair
Date(s)
- 1827-1832 (Creation)
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1 file Correspondence
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Relates to Charles' accusing Sir Edward Colebrooke of corruption.
Includes letters between Charles and Colebrooke, and Charles and Lord William Cavendish Bentinck. Includes arrangements for Charles' investigation of banks' account books, a letter from Charles to his mother describing the affair, and correspondence with Bentinck requesting a full defense of his involvement be published and his future career.
Correspondents also include W Ewer, W H Macnaughten, J C MacSween, L Malony, T J Metcalfe, H Shakespear and Lady Hannah Trevelyan
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Open to the public
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- English
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Former Reference
CET 87