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Wroxton Abbey, Banbury. - Asks Milnes if he can assist a young friend who wishes to obtain autographs of modern authors, especially D'Israeli, Theodore Hook and Sydney Smith, including Milnes' own already promised in a sonnet; they should be sent here as Frank [her brother Francis?]'s 'bump of order' is insufficiently developed for him to handle them effectively.

Wroxton. - Thanks Milnes for the two autographs; Theodore Hook's was very amusing. Fears she will not be in London in time to see the portrait of [her brother] Frank; her aunt [Emily Milner?] invites Milnes to visit. Frank himself will be here by the end of the month,

8 St. James St. - Deep interest in Monographs, but disagrees on several points: Sydney Smith is misrepresented about [Theodore] Hook; they only met twice and after the second occasion Smith remarked to Hayward ;If I had not been told who he was, I should have said he was a quiet, goodnatured, ordinary sort of man. Agrees about Heine but would not have described him as fat; translations excellent; his own writings on Heine. Odd terms of honour applied to Suleiman Pasha: 'But your book is most valuable as a whole. Postscript: living referred to by Sydney Smith should read 'Halberton near Tiverton'.

Norwich.—Suffield has been appointed head clerk in the Isle of France (Mauritius).

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Norwich 22d May 1813

My dear Sir

I rec[eive]d yesterday your favour of 20 Inst. & feel myself very much obliged by your kind remembrance of poor Suffield. I am happy to say that through the Interest of our excellent Bishop {1} he has obtained the situation of Head Clerk in the Isle of France {2} with a salary of £450 P[er] {3} ann. & I am doing what I can to raise a sum to enable him his wife & five children to make the voyage thither with some degree of comfort. His compagnons de voyage will be Theodore Hook Pic Nic Greville {4} & Sir Rob[er]t Barclay. I will not omit to avail myself of your kind invitatation when I come to Yarmouth & am my D[ea]r Sir

very truly yrs
John Pitchford

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Mounted on a larger sheet, i.e. inserted into a space cut out for it.

{1} Henry Bathurst.

{2} Mauritius.

{3} ‘per’ is represented by a special sign.

{4} Henry Francis Greville.