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Garden House Cambridge. - Is sending Rouse Ball 'rather an alarming bulk of stuff - a tin box and two brown paper parcels' following Rouse Ball's 'kind undertaking to examine [his father's] papers'. Asks Rouse Ball to communicate with him at Windemere about anything he finds of special interest, and to let him know persons to whom letters have been sent.

Garden House Cambridge. - Is sending Rouse Ball some 'curves and figures drawn by my Father... Some of them are interesting for the care with which they are drawn if for nothing else and I thought one might be selected for the library if nothing of the sort was selected with the books'. Also encloses a letter from Professor Forsyth [now O.6.6/40]; 'you may consider this will justify you in destroying any of the papers which no one will care to keep for sentimental reasons'.

Calgarth Corner, WIndermere. - Thanks Rouse Ball for the trouble he has taken in going through his father's papers. Agrees with all the suggestions made about disposal; 'afraid too the time has come to destroy most of the personal letters which you send me though some of them are interesting in themselves'.

Trinity College, Cambridge. - Has been through Cayley's father's papers gathers that 'everything of value in the MS memoirs and papers has already been printed. All appear to have been carefully examined by Forsyth many years ago, and nothing more can be picked out for publication'. The largest part of the papers 'consist of notes for and incomplete drafts of memoirs included in his published works. All these rough and incomplete notes I propose to destroy'.

Lists proposed recipients of materials. Has no letters himself from Arthur Cayley. Thinks letters from living writers should be either returned to them or destroyed; is therefore returning MacMahon's letters, and destroying those from Glaisher and Forsyth. Of letters from people now dead he proposes to send those from Sylvester to the Master of St John's [R. F. Scott]; thinks most of the rest should be destroyed, though he mentions a few people to whom he would like to send 'a certain number' which he feels would be unproblematic to send. Encloses a few letters and papers 'of a personal character' for Cayley to take care of.

Imperial College of Science and Technology (Royal College of Science), South Kensington, London, S. W. 7. - Shortly after Cayley's father's death, Forsyth went through his papers at his widow's request; considers that 'everything had already been published save one short paper: and this was included in one of the volumes of his Collected Works'. Understands from personal experience how troublesome the task of dealing with papers can be.