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