Official and general correspondence

Title

Official and general correspondence

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 4

Summary

Correspondence for the period June 1912 to December 1913 including letters of congratulation on Clementi's appointment as Colonial Secretary of British Guiana.

Includes letters from:

Alabaster, Sir Chaloner Grenville, 1913

Ardron, George Henry, two letters (including a postcard), 1912

Armitage, Francis Paul, seven letters (including two postcards, one of which shows The High House, Brook Green), 1912-1913

Barton, Sir Sidney, 1913

Beck, J.M., 1913

Beckwith, Charles W., 1913

Bell, John, two letters, 1913

Blake, Lady Edith Bernal, two letters, 1912

Blake, Sir Henry Arthur, 1913

Chan, King Wah, four letters (including a telegram), 1912-1913

Chau, Siu Ki, 1913

Cooke, G.A. (Christmas card showing a photograph of a minelayer of the Home Fleet), 1912

Cookson, Christopher, two letters, 1912-1913

Darrach, Marie L., two letters (one a note only) about her husband, Marshall Darrach, 1913

Drummond, W.V., 1913

Harston, George Montagu, three letters, with enclosure (rough proof of an article for The Child journal on 'European Child Life in the Tropics and its Problems'), 1913

Johnston, Sir Reginald Fleming, three letters, 1912-1913

Keltie, Sir John Scott, 1913

Kotewall, Sir Robert Hormus, with enclosures (four newspaper cuttings from the Hongkong Telegraph and South China Morning Post about Clementi leaving Hong Kong), 1913

Loveday, Thomas, three letters, 1912-1913

Lugard, 1st Baron (Frederick Dealtry Lugard), 1913

Mackail, John William, 1913

May, Sir Francis Henry, two letters (including a telegram), 1912

May, Lady Helena Augusta Victoria, 1912

Petrie, T. (says he is enclosing Sir Aurel Stein's book Ruins of Desert Cathay), 1912

Rees-Davies, Sir William, 1913

Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1912

Ross, Stewart Buckle Carne, seven letters, 1912

Stewart, Murray, two letters, 1912

Sung, Teng Man, 1913

Wilton, E.C., 1913

Also includes:

Hong Kong. Report on the Blue Book for 1911 by Clementi, 22 Jun 1912

typescript memorandum by C.G. 'as to advantage or otherwise to Government had Government built existing railways instead of guaranteeing interest in respect thereto', 15 Aug 1912

typescript notes by Clementi on boycotts in China between 1905 and 1911, 3 Jun 1913

typescript notes by Clementi on lighthouses and light dues between 1867 and 1912, 11 Jul 1913

This box also contains undated correspondence from Clementi's time in Hong Kong, including letters from:

Bowley, Francis Bulmer Lyon

Fuller, Sir Joseph Bampfylde

Hallifax, Edwin Richard

Hallifax, Eveline, five letters (one includes a 'Season's Greetings' message from her husband, E.R. Hallifax)

May, Sir Francis Henry, four letters

May, Lady Helena Augusta Victoria, seven letters

Newman, E.F.S. (note written on a calling card, originally found in 1907 diary)

Piggott, Sir Francis Taylor, three letters

Stewart, Murray, nine letters (including a note written on a calling card)

Date

1912-1913, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box