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1 Little Turnstile, Holborn. - Applying for position of nurse at Greenwich College; is widow of Frederick Lake, a sailor; has a son at sea and a daughter aged nine; seeks recommendation to Dr Wilson.

St Keverne nr Falmouth. - Is the grandson of Rev. Joseph Sager, whose widow received an allowance from the late Mrs [Rachael?] Milnes; has suffered many trials; describes his progress to the West Country; no income since closing school here last Christmas; Lady Galway left £500 to Joseph Sager's children in 1837, but without the burial certificate of his father Charles he cannot claim his portion; seeks Milnes' support.

1 Jardin Public, Nice. - Seeking position as private secretary or travelling companion as his employment here ends in April; called on Lady Galway in Cannes with his eldest sister; will visit Houghton there.

Perhaps incomplete - beginning only?

Sending requested information on Irish clergy.

Chiefly Hansard reports of speeches by Richard Monckton Milnes.

Labelled 'Henry Hallam Inscription. | Includes a draft I think in Mr Gladstone's handwriting, also a note from Lord Palmerston.| 1863'

6 pp. typescript, n.d., but with a MS note 'Werner Ehrenberg, 1934 (my draft?) ORF 1972'.

Clapton. - Thanks Milnes for his interest in [Ferdinand Freiligrath]; some City businesses would gladly employ him despite his poor standing with foreign governments, but there are no vacancies at present. Freiligrath will not yet accept a loan: he is not merely a poet but a real man of business. He has included one of Milnes's poems in a new book of translations. Postscript: a private donation might serve.

55 Nicholas Street, Hoxton, London. - Seeks employment; encloses verse; is nineteen and has little education but writes quickly and is vouched trustworthy. Enclosed: sonnet on Milton and longer verses, 'Reigate Hill' and 'Stanzas on Hearing Music'.

Bank, Peckham. - Sorry to hear of Houghton's accident; sends copy of William Harnett Blanch's History of Camberwell and list of Testimonial Fund Committee Members; invites Houghton to preside at Complimentary Dinner at the Crystal Palace on 28 July.

Barton End House, near Nailsworth. - was secretary to Sydney Dobell; his death; she and Dobell's widow wish his great virtues to be recognised; asks if Houghton can persuade Dean Stanley or Mr. Stopford Brooke to perform burial service at HIghgate Cemetery. Dobell wished to express sympathy at Houghton's bereavement but illness made letter-writing impossible; he was never separated from his own wife. Hopes Houghton will write obituary.

Including subscription form.

From unidentified periodical.

Review of memorial volume of verse published by Alphonse Lemerre, Paris.

Annotated, not in Milnes' hand, 'From the Spectator. May 17th 1862'.

Referring to the legend of the Pied Piper and the lost children of Hamelin.

Engineer-in-Chief's Office, General Post Office, E. C. - Will send a copy of his paper on Peacock's Rhododaphne, which he wrote in ignorance of the author's identity; suspended a biographical sketch of Peacock on learning that Houghton was also preparing one for a complete edition; asks if this is true; can offer scarce particulars from America if so.

Description of Swinburne at a Literary Fund dinner by 'An English Author'.

Also includes menus from Philobiblon Society meetings; minutes; lists of members attending meetings.

Embossed notepaper, Hamilton House, Arlington Street, London. - Cannot give a Philobiblon Society breakfast this year as he is leaving for the continent on Saturday.

Partly copied by Annabella Hungerford Milnes.