CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/C/7/28
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Queen Victoria to Lord John Russell
Date31 December 1846
WriterVictoria, Queen
AddresseeRussell, John, Lord
DescriptionQueen Victoria is distressed by the suffering of her Irish subjects, and of the starving Highlanders in the Western Islands: the accounts make her heart bleed, and such horrors are quite unparallelled. The Queen wonders what is to be the end of all this misery.
LanguageEnglish
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