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Letter from Winston Churchill, minister of Munitions (England) to Sam Hughes, former Minister of Defense of Canada

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August 13, 1917.

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R12136-271-7-E, Volume number: 18

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3763957

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Erik J. Spicer fonds

Librarian of the Library of Parliament of Canada

Material collected by Erik Spicer

Letter from Winston Churchill, minister of Munitions (England) to Sam Hughes, former Minister of Defense of Canada
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Date(s):

August 13, 1917.

Place of creation:

England

Language of material:

English

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Letter written by Winston Churchill and sent to Sam Hughes, August 13, 1917. Sam Hughes was dismissed of his function by Borden the November 9, 1916. The letter concerns the plans of a light trench gun designed by Hughes and sent to the Prime minister of England. Churchill, as the new Minister of Munitions sent a letter to inform Hughes that a specimen of the gun had been sent to GHQ and they are waited for the report. It seems that this gun has never been in use. The letter was typed but the name of Same Hughes and the signature are manuscript.

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The letter was probably left at the Parliament Library. The enveloppe who accompanied the document, mentionned that the document was found in 1973.

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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R12136]

[Consultation 90 Open]

18 File number 11

[Consultation 90 Open]

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