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Thanks for Richard Monckton Milnes' poetry, charmingly dedicated to his sister; asks how they should acknowledge it. Wished to have walked to Thornes to visit 'yourself, & dear Mrs M. Gaskell' who is a great favourite; kind remembrances from her sister also.

Doncaster. - Houghton's kind notice of his circular; Mr Parker may have explained why Jackson seeks new employment; genealogical work excites little interest; seeks Record Office position or similar; knows Mr Frank but believes he does not value his collections enough to pay for them to be sorted.

Includes:
CB/173/1/43/2: Letter from Alexander William Phillips to his nephew Talbot M. M. Griffiths, 20 Jan. 1881.
CB/173/1/43/3: Letter from Ann Elizabeth Phillips to Talbot M. M. Griffiths, 20 Jan. [1881]

and letter from Rev. E. T. Mortlock

Includes:
CB/172/1/19/2-3: Notes by John Fryer Thomas on education system at Madras University, [Jan./Feb. 1845?]
CB/172/1/21/3: Letter from Arthur Joseph Street to John Griffiths, 23 Mar. 1845
CB/172/1/30/2-4: Letter from Ann Elizabeth Philips to Caroline Griffiths, 2 Sept. [1869]
CB/172/1/33/3: Letter from Ann Elizabeth Philips to her brother-in-law John Griffiths, 9 Dec. [1870]

Forwarded from Venice to Milan by [Thomas] Holme.

9 Lilly Terrace, New Road, Hammersmith. - Mr Wheeler demanded everything in the name of Mrs Rebekah Atkinson, before her letters of administration had been taken up; writer's husband of fourteen years cannot be guilty of deceit; hopes to present her son as proof of a good upbringing. Postscript: has recently moved from Hawk Cottage.

131: Letter from Sir Mutu Coomaraswamy to Annabella Hungerford Milnes, 11 Dec. 1862.
148: Includes photograph of Elizabeth Clay Coomaraswamy, née Beeby, c 1875.

Bristol. - Seeking information for her work on reformatory schools; sources already consulted; her own work locally; Mr Fletcher's report to the Education Council; inability of ragged schools to provide the moral teaching necessary for true reformation without proper state support; recommends provision of schools 'on the Aberdeen and Glasgow plan' and juvenile reformatories to keep children out of prisons.

Bristol. - Did not reply to Milnes' letter from Paris as passage of Bill rendered an interview with Palmerston unnecessary; certificate for Kingswood; girls' reformatories needed; Lady Noel Byron has bought an Elizabethan house [Red Lodge] for the purpose; hopes proposed school will be self-supporting but in the meantime would be glad of funds.

Letter, 7 Mar. [1872?], from Margaret Ingram to Houghton, with letter to Mary [?], 27 Jan. 1872, proposing a visit by Houghton.

18 letters from Charles Evans, 15 Feb. 1869-2 Jan. 1873.
CB/173/2/19-29: 12 letters, 22 Feb. [1869]-14 Dec. [1871] from Ann E. Philips to Richard Monckton Milnes
CB/173/2/30: Letter from Ann Elizabeth Philips to Annabella Monckton Milnes., 19 Dec. 1871.

Bolsover Castle. - Values poems as remembrance of Milnes' visit to Bolsover; enchanting visions of Egypt.