GIFFARD, Stanley Lees (1788-1858). First editor of the Standard.
Autograph Letter Signed to Venables, marked 'Confidential' at the head, 3 pages 4to, Myddleton Square, 'Monday evening' no date. Discussing the uses to which the conservative Bristol Corporation can be put, with some familiar resonances.

'... I think you will see the advantage of such an example set by the second City and the first conservative corporation in the Kingdom. Such an example would silence the enemy as to the selfish obstinancy of conservative bodies - and would not fail to afford a useful hint to the smaller conservative corporations and their factions amongst the benighted aristocracy. ...'

£32 [No: 5402]