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Hatchett's Hotel, Dover St., W., London. - Encloses newspaper cutting [no longer present] on his son, who was educated at the University of Pisa; his scientific and linguistic abilities; he would be very valuable as a doctor in Egypt. Postscript: Fairman's Alexandria railway concession; knows the true secret of the Egyptian crisis.

874 Via Santa Maria, Pisa; sent to Houghton in Rome. - Favourable opinions of his petroleum enterprise; thanks for offer to introduce English investors; will forward his Treatise on the Petroleum Zones of Italy if desired; encloses two poems. Enclosures: two printed poems by Fairman, Never Despair (14 Feb. 1868) and A True Friend (19 Feb. 1868).

On printed notepaper: Fairman & Co., Palazzo Orlandini, 2 Via dei Buoni, Florence. - Houghton's kind acknowledgment from Pisa last year of his Treatise [on the Petroleum Zones of Italy]; has concessions on nearly 22, 000 acres of land but no money to proceed; frustrations of earlier schemes in Egypt; requires Houghton's support; discussed him with Mr Lorrimer Graham [sic: James Lorimer Graham?] of New York; sends copy of English newspaper he has started [no longer present].