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Letter from Major-General Alex de Gorloff, 14 St James's Place, London, aide-de-camp...

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DL/D/183/7
Title
Letter from Major-General Alex de Gorloff, 14 St James's Place, London, aide-de-camp of HM the Emperor of Russia to [the Rev Arthur Pearson Perfect, Lewes]
Date
31 Jul 1876
Description

Informing him that the Tsar has agreed to the proposal to 'erect a more substantial monument to the memory of the Russian soldiers, prisoners of war, [who] died in Lewes', enclosing [missing] a list by W G Hanchet, monument maker, of which numbers 9 and 19 seem the most appropriate monuments and asking him to keep this matter 'as quiet as possible & we hope that you will kindly take proper measures so as not to allow the Lewes newspaper [to] speak again of this monument'

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East Sussex Record Office
Language
English
Record URL
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Letter from Major-General Alex de Gorloff, 14 St James's Place, London, aide-de-camp of HM the Emperor of Russia to [the Rev Arthur Pearson Perfect, Lewes]