Lupset Hall, Wakefield.
Labelled on back in pen (two hands). 'Perry Hall, 1882. Circa 1892. Noble (the dog). With sticker of name and address of Mr & Mrs G. Symons.
Hotel Holland, Baden Baden, Germany.
Transcript
My dear Sir
I forgot to add to the List the following caution which you can insert—
“Never attempt to move antiquities, &c, by means of a firmaun from Constantinople. The only effectual mode of proceeding is by bribing the local Governors, called Aghas, Waiwodes, &c.”
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You are very kind to offer to execute commissions for me. I shall be much obliged to you to enquire if Lusieri, at Athens, received the Thermometer, &c, which I sent to him by Lord Byron’s Servant.
Also to ascertain, by your own testimony, the truth or falsehood of this assertion which I have constantly made; viz. that the Boccaz of Samos, and the Island of Patmos, may be seen in very clear weather from the top of Mount Hymettus.
If you should want a common Greek Servant and Interpreter, you would find Antonio Manurâchi who lives at Constantinople to be quite a treasure. He understands collecting Medals, Plants, Marbles—is a very good Cook, Musician, &c, &c.—
I think you should also insert in your List one more Memorandum—namely
“To attend to the remains of the painted gothic style of Arch in the Levant, and ascertain the age of any such building”.
I have sent a short note for Lord Byron.
Most truly yours
E. D. Clarke.
Trumpington
July 11th 1813.
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No direction or marks of posting.
'Published by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Undergraduates'. Table of attendance by each Fellow at the morning and evening services each day, marked by 'o' or 'x'. with 'Sum Total' recorded at the end.
With note, 'The Secretary in presenting his report for the past week, has great pleasure in announcing to the Public that a new regulation has been "Agreed to" by the Master and Seniors of Trinity College, which requires only Six Chapels to be ipso facto kept by the undergraduates'.
Ranking of Fellows in Classes, as 'the examination of the Fellows is now finished', with the marks being the total number of Chapel services attended.
'In consequence of the "New Agreement", the Chapel Lists will "ipso facto" be discontinued for the future'.
A note at the top of the letter records that it has been 'Copied [for the Trevelyans, like other letters in these books?]'. Sketch map of Calcutta [Kolkata] on fourth page. Separate cover addressed to 'Mrs E. Cropper, Messrs Cropper. Benson & Co, Liverpool', with two of Macaulay's seals still present.
Identified, presumably by Kate Symons, as 'Our Mother Sarah Jane Williams', in list.