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Pontefract. - Milnes should postpone visit until Easter; many are out of work.

Castle House. - Unsatisfactory behaviour of Preston Seaton and Jefferson; unfair distribution of game and other election bribes; prejudice against Leatham; financial difficulties; friendliness of the Earl of Feversham etc. Adds postscript: discussion with Gully; Leatham injured by a fall during the frost; wife and family.

Pontefract. - Congratulates Milnes on the birth of his son; hopes he may 'be preserved to be a better man than his father'; note on back of letter reads 'Evidently some mistake in this amusing form of congratulation'.