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Letter to Frances Jackson dated 12 Sept. 1846. The sermon, The Marriage in Cana of Galilee. A Sermon Referring to the 10th March, 1863 by W. H. Brookfield, London, 1863 carries an inscription to Olivia Jackson dated 10 March 1863.

Trinity College. - Harcourt has previously consulted Milnes about the Apostles dinner in London; agrees that something should be done; Milnes suggested 'either that the resident Apostles should elect a Chairman, or that Macaulay the last chairman should be requested to send out the cards'. If Milnes should accept the office, he is elected, if not, asks him to ensure the cards 'go forth somehow, or tell me how I can move in the matter'.

Thompson 'has been very ill, but is now fast recovering'; [Henry Fitzmaurice?] Hallam has recently been here for a day, and 'Brookfield is staying on school business with his handsome wife'. Hopes himself to be in London at the beginning of June.

'How are the mighty fallen! Yorkshire in the person of [George] Hudson has kept up its character for honesty'.

15: Describes life at Somerby with W. H. Brookfield and family.

Birmingham - [William Henry] Brookfield likely to turn down a ship's chaplaincy as he has a pleasant curacy near Southampton, writing while travelling by rail to Hawarden, High Stewardship of Cambridge University, Duke of Northumberland

Blackheath - notice to quit his rooms, profligacy of Brookfield, Thackeray and Buller, Tennyson's sister, coalition between Tories and Radicals, Apostles should be less profane in their conversations

Three undated, unsigned essays, titled "Free Will. 'Equilibrium ad utrumque'", "Does V. Cousin's criticism of Locke's philosophy involve misconception and unfairness?", and "Is the French novel literature the 1st in Europe?" and a notebook of Greek exercises, all possibly in the hand of [Arthur Henry Hallam?].
Typescript and MS copies of 11 letters from Henry Fitzmaurice Hallam to his cousin Jane and her husband William Brookfield. The original letters are dated 1 Sept. 1846 to 7 Oct. 1850, and the copies, some of them incomplete, appear to be 20th century.

'She told me that not long before Thackeray's death she said to him "Father, which one of all your friends have you loved best?" and he replied "Why, old Fitz to be sure, and Brookfield"'

With two copies of Richard Monckton Milnes' obituary of William Henry Brookfield.

On embossed notepaper, 30 Thurloe Place, S.W. - Her son Charles is down for a clerkship at the House of Commons; can Houghton influence Sir Erskine May in his favour; Charles' career was one of the last things mentioned by her husband.

Thanks Nora for her invitation to dine with her on 18 April, but regrets that he must decline, as they expect 'Hal [their son] from India on the 20th', and he shall not return to Cambridge until 22 or 23 April. In relation to Henry Sidgwick: A Memoir, states that both he and Maggie have read 'in it', and feel that Nora has 'completely succeeded.' Informs her of a mistake on page 32, in which it is claimed that Brookfield was a member of the Apostles' Society: Brookfield was a friend of his father's, and was 'an excellent talker', but 'did not care enough about things to be a good Apostle.' Jackson quotes from a letter from his 'oldest living friend, Dr Melland', referring to Henry Sidgwick's love of truth, clear reasoning and logical power, his unselfish devotion to education in every direction, and his willing sacrifice of time and money, when needful to carry on any good cause.