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Letter written on 2, 3, 4, 13 and 14 September. Sent back to his family via Sir R. H. Inglis.

Resolution expressing the Committee's regret at the death of Lord Houghton. Originally enclosed with John Trevarthan's letter to the 2nd Lord Houghton of 21 Aug. 1885 [now HOUG/AA/2/No. 112].

19 Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, N. - Thanks Quaritch for leaving FitzGerald's letters, which he now returns; has 'made two copies of the two letters to stick in my copy of "Rubáiyát, published by you'. Egerton Castle

(Dated Friday. Probably written about the same time as O.13.1, No. 111.)

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Friday morn[in]g

My Dear Sir!

Let me welcome you home again, & I wish I had better news about myself. Yet, it is not bad, for my affairs are settled; only I know not which way to turn myself, at so critical a moment, & not having been able to see my immediate friends since my arrival, without a little pecuniary aid. If you & Mr Gurney (to whom I did not choose to apply in your absence) c[oul]d assist me, for perhaps a very short time; it w[oul]d be a particular convenience to me, & w[oul]d prevent the settling of my affairs from being almost ineffectual. I sh[oul]d hope to be able to repay it as soon as I got to Town (the middle of next month, when Lady Croft returns out of Cheshire); but, not to engage for more than I am sure of, can you oblige me with £150 till October, when at Michaelmas I am pay’d my midsummer rents? You will show this to Mr G. to whom I have not said a syllable. Such kindness cannot make me more than I am,

My Dear Sir, Your oblig’d friend
H[erber]t Croft.

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Letters omitted from words abbreviated by superscript letters have been supplied in square brackets.

(Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographical Office, Admiralty, and printed at the Admiralty Lithographic Press. The chart shows the region explored by Captain Parry in 1819 and 1820.)