NAWSA
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Gladstone, W.

Hawarden 
Dec. 20. 55.

Dear Sir
  Before receiving your
letter of the 17th I had written
to [Bert?] Griffiths on the subject
to which it refers; [and] I mean since
your interview with him.
  The necessity for any direct
answer to your request for
a personal meeting with me
or with Mr [Freshfield?] is I hope
suspended at present: but it

will of course be open to you
to renew it should you think
proper when you find that
you and Mr. G. may be likely
to come to issue.  It will I 
think be most convenient
for all parties, to obviate
misapprehension, that I should
address you, when occasion
may arise, through him:
but of course any communication
you may make to

me direct will at all times
have the best, I regret to say
it must have imperfect consideration
which it is in my
power to give it. 
  I notice your references to the 
other vacancies you hold, but
I presume the same partnership
does not exist in these cases.
   I remain dear sir
  Your very faithful servant
  Wm Gladstone

T.H. Blackwell Esq

[*Gladstone*]

[* to J. Keny on Blackwell*]

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