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Trinity College | Cambridge
22 Oct. 1931

My dear Gerald,

If in these times you find yourself in straits I hope you will apply to me, unless we have a Labour government, in which case I shall be unable to do anything for anyone.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Marked in pencil:] 22.10.31

(With an envelope.)

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Trinity College | Cambridge
27 May 1933

My dear Gerald,

As far as I can make out, I should say it would be more prudent to keep on at your medical course instead of taking up a job at geology which does not promise permanency. But of course you have to reckon with the possibility that I may die, in which case, as I told you, my assistance would come to an end.

I am not going to sign the lecture for anybody, as I do not regard it as one of my good works.

I am glad you are going to the Irish Guards again.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Direction on envelope:] G. C. A. Jackson Esq. | Medical School | St Thomas’s Hospital | S. E. 1

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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, half torn away, was postmarked at Cambridge at 10.15 p.m. on 27 May.

(With an envelope.)

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Trinity College | Cambridge
26 Dec. 1933

My dear Gerald,

I am writing to thank you for your Christmas letter and to wish you a happy New Year. As this will soon be here, you will be in need of another cheque, which I will send when I know your address for certain. I am going on much the same. Remember me to your family if you are still among them.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Direction on envelope:] Gerald Jackson Esq. | c/ Rupert Jackson Esq., M.D. | 97 Clifton Avenue | West Hartlepool

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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge at 10.15 p.m. on 26 December, and has been marked in pencil ‘26/12/33’.

(With an envelope.)

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Trinity College | Cambridge
18 Jan. 1934

My dear Gerald,

As I suppose you must now be back in London and at work again I enclose cheque {1} for £480.0.0 to see you through this year. I hope you had a good Christmas in the north and found the rest of your family well.

I am going on tolerably, neither worse nor better, I think. The eating and drinking of Christmas does me no harm, and the 52 oysters I consumed on Dec. 31 rather did me good.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Direction on envelope:] G. C. A. Jackson Esq. | The Medical School | St Thomas’s Hospital | S. E. 1

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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, half torn away, was postmarked at Cambridge at 9 p.m.(?) on 18 January, and has been marked in pencil ‘18.1.34’.

{1} A line has been drawn below this word to draw attention to it. Cf. Nos. 47 and 57.

(With an envelope.)

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Trinity College | Cambridge
13 Sept. 1934

My dear Gerald,

I came back yesterday and have received your letter of the 7th, from which I am glad to have good news of you. I had three weeks of almost perfect weather, spent mostly in Alsace and Lor-raine, a part of France quite new to me and well worth seeing. I think the trip has done me some good on the whole, though I caught a cold at the end of it and am feeling rather tired to-day.

My chief ambition all my life has been to be invited to the Colchester Oyster Feast. This has come to pass this year, but my lecture at Cambridge will prevent me from going. Let this be a lesson to my godson that earthly hopes are dust and ashes.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Direction on envelope:] G. C. A. Jackson Esq. | Medical School | St Thomas’s Hospital | S. E. 1

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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge on 13 September (the time is indistinct).

(With an envelope.)

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Trinity College | Cambridge
15 Oct. 1934

My dear Gerald,

Cease worrying about expense: I can support you quite well, apart from the fact that the sale of my lecture has been profitable and that my holiday has been less expensive than usual.

I forgot if I told you that on the 22nd you can view the Library, as a member of the University, from 2.30 to 5.30 without a ticket, and can take friends with you.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Direction on envelope:] G. C. A. Jackson Esq | Medical School | St Thomas’s Hospital | S. E. 1

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The envelope, which has been marked in pencil ‘15.10.34’, was postmarked at Cambridge at 6 p.m. on 15 October. The postage stamp has been torn off.

(With an envelope.)

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Trinity College | Cambridge
9 Jan. 1935 {1}

My dear Gerald,

From what you said in your letter of the 19th I gather that you will be back in London on Jan. 1, so I send you enclosed a cheque {2} for £450 for this next year, which I hope will be happy and occupied with interesting work. I hope too that you found the family party at West Hartlepool in good health and spirits. Oscar wrote me a very nice long letter with much information about himself and the rest of you. He seems to be inclined to be looking for a new job.

I have not asked you to stay with me here this year because I have felt hardly comfortable enough to be fit for a guest. On the advice of a friend of mine who is a doctor I have just been a total abstainer for a week, which has only resulted in producing symptoms of gout; so I had better stick to my proper medical adviser.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

[Direction on envelope:] Gerald Jackson Esq | Medical School | St Thomas’s Hospital | S. E. 1

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The envelope bears a 1½d stamp, but there is no postmark or any other mark of posting. It has been marked with the date ‘19 Jan. ’35’, which is wrong.

{1} ‘9 Jan. 1935’ below ‘31 Dec. 1934’, struck through.

{2} A line has been drawn below this word to draw attention to it. Cf. Nos. 41 and 57.

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Trinity College | Cambridge
17 Jan. 1936

My dear Gerald,

Acquainted as you are with Fortnum and Mason and familiar with the female medical soul you are just the man to execute the job. After a stay in the Evelyn Nursing Home, where they are always extraordinarily kind and attentive, I send the nurses a present of something to eat, such as strawberries in season, or boxes of chocolates. Will you expend the enclosed cheque for £2.0.0 in purchasing and having sent from them a selection of sweetmeats (crystallised fruits or anything which you think will be relished, and perhaps not exactly what is most commonly to be found in Cambridge—though do not be particular about that, as they are all fond of chocolate) addressed to the Deputy Matron and enclosing the enclosed letter from me?

Thanks for all your enquiries during my illness. I was obliged to neglect all correspondence and am only now beginning to write. I gave my first lecture this morning, and had no difficulty in the actual delivery, but crossing the court was a labour and indeed so is almost any physical action.

I think your idea of a holiday before the examination is very likely a good one.

Your affectionate godfather
A. E. Housman.

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{1} A line has been drawn below this amount to draw attention to it. Cf. Nos. 41 and 47.

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