Clapton. - Thanks Milnes for his interest in [Ferdinand Freiligrath]; some City businesses would gladly employ him despite his poor standing with foreign governments, but there are no vacancies at present. Freiligrath will not yet accept a loan: he is… read more
Including subscription form.
6 Alfred Place, Blackfriars. - Knows the Howitts, W. S. Landor, Macready and Freiligrath; has no means to support his invalid wife, though has been helped by Disraeli and Peel; gave up tutorship in classics last year to edit a 'new London Weekly… read more
'Saturday morning', 11 Grey Coat Street, Westminster. - Is in depths of poverty; his book has been held back; he is owned £9 by a newspaper; needs £2 to take up offer to edit a paper in Somerset; could not meet Milnes or Freiligrath owing to seedy attire;… read more
Clapton Pond, Clapton (at Mrs Leigh's). - Milnes knows his circumstances from Mrs Howitt and Mr Chorley; as a political refugee did not wish to depend on writing but on commercial clerical work; came from Zurich separately from his family, avoiding… read more
7 Devonport Street, Hyde Park. - Returned from the Continent to find that Ferdinand Freiligrath had lost his job on her account; he was upset by reading disparaging comments about himself in a German newspaper, and she is to blame; would like to make… read more