[Sir Fenwick Williams [General Fenwick Williams], British Army officer - led the defence of Kars (Crimean War]; London Library] Autograph Letter Signed to Sir George Cornewall Lewis, asking him to support the election of E.H. Nolan as below.

See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Signed ‘W F Williams’ and docketed by the recipient ‘Sir Fenwick Williams of Kars’. Written while Lewis was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Palmerston's government. Begins: ‘Dear Sir Cornewall, / I take the liberty of asking you for your influence for Dr. Nolan as Secretary & Librarian of the London Library’. He explains that Nolan is ‘the Author of the “History of the War with Russia”, and is the author of many articles in the Press and various Periodicals, in favor of the present Government & Lord Palmerston.’ Nolan is ‘personally known’ to Williams, and if Lewis can assist him in his election or nomination’ he will be much obliged. Nolan is an obscure figure. He did not succeed in his application.