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- 1915 (Creation)
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1 file correspondence
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Letters mostly written from Welcombe.
Some comment on domestic effects of World War I and progress of the war, including George Otto's thoughts on casualties of the Hampshire Regiment and an enclosed document on the First British Ambulance Unit; Edward Hilton Young becoming a sailor; an outbreak of influenza in Stratford; Anna M Philips on the Union of Democratic Control (UDC) and Liberal politics in Gloucester; Charles' views on the Welsh Church Act (1914); Geoffrey Young's report on the work of the Friends Red Cross Society; Charles' status as Elland MP following his resignation from the Government and role in UDC; and family news, including George Macaulay Trevelyan's trip to the USA.
Also includes an enclosed letter to George Otto from a William Steadman Aldis reflecting on their time at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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- English