(The direction, which is not included in the text printed by Marchand, is ‘To Dr. W. Clarke | Trin. Coll. | Cambridge’, with ‘1813 | London Novr. twenty seventh’ above, and ‘Byron’ in the bottom left corner. There are no marks of posting.)
Identified, presumably by Kate Symons, as 'C A H and K E H, aged 3 & 4', in list.
Pontefract.
With epigraph in Greek from Aristophanes' Peace. First line of Latin verse: 'Age, concitate cantus; age, ludite, bibite'. Note in pencil at the top: 'Written for the Tercentenary. C. B. Scott & Vansittart'.
A note at the top of the letter records that it has been 'Copied for C[harles] E[dward] T[revelyan]'; 'I think' is crossed out. The fact that this letter was written 'two days before her [Margaret's] death' is recorded directly on the page above the letter.
Hotel Victoria, Schlangenbad, Eltville am Rhein.