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15 Devonshire Street, near Poplar [Row/Road?], New Kent Road. - Encloses letter from Mr Gaskell: deeply disappointed despite his generosity; hoped to have secured her ailing daughter a passage to greenock; divident to another daughter might not be paid in time to send her; begs a couple of pounds as a last hope. Enclosure: letter from Daniel Gaskell to Susan Grant, 6 Aug. 1847. Lupset Hall, Wakefield. - Regrets Trustees of the late Lady Galway's Fund are unable to assista; stronger claimants locally; sends £1 as a personal gift.

Serlby. - Will discuss finances despite Bland's reservations: the Dowager [Lady Galway] has left Milnes no money and only estates encumbered by debt; wishes to sell Fryston or Bawtry. Money has largely be bequeathed in ostentatious legacies and to establish a charity; she has done nothing for his stepdaughters owing to past rift over their father's hasty remarriage. Family movements after the funeral. Postscript: fortunate improvement in sugar trage means the Moncktons will have £300 a year interest on their fortune.

Wilnecote, Tamworth. - Seeks one of the late Lady Galway's pensions for his sister Harriet Grover; the family used to live at Bawtry and was known to the Galways; Harriet has run a girls' school for many years but must give it up; she and her near-blind sister will then have hardly any resources.

4 Deptford Bridge, Deptford, Kent. - Must visit the sea owing to recurrence of complaint; has found a situation at £15 a year; vital support by Milnes and Lady Galway's Trustees; encloses letter from Mr Wyndham who gave £5 as a result of Milnes' testimonial.

Enclosure: letter, postmarked 24 May 1841, from Wadham Wyndham, MP to Charles Sager, written in 3rd person. Arthurs Club, St James St. - Now residing in London; can offer some financial relief. Pencilled shorthand on seal flap and back of envelope.

St Keverne nr Falmouth. - Is the grandson of Rev. Joseph Sager, whose widow received an allowance from the late Mrs [Rachael?] Milnes; has suffered many trials; describes his progress to the West Country; no income since closing school here last Christmas; Lady Galway left £500 to Joseph Sager's children in 1837, but without the burial certificate of his father Charles he cannot claim his portion; seeks Milnes' support.