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MS draft, probably for a lecture, giving solutions to various problems and examples. Written while at Manchester.

Declining the offer of Public Orator of the University of Cambridge.

The numbered papers are a.34, a.16-a.19, a.22.

[Trinity Lodge]. 30th anniversary of the death of H M Butler's mother

(i) Suggests that the redrafted telegram [A2/23/9] will better suit his views.

(ii) ‘Yes thanks.’

Taken on the terrace at Wallington. 'Mollie Janet Elizabeth & Children at Wallington' written on back in pencil.

Stowe School - discusses poetry by Richard Aldington and J Redwood Anderson

Concerning Milnes' Observations on the History of Thomas Earl of Lancaster.

325 Portland Crescent, Leeds. - Sends a Memorial [no longer present] concerning his eldest son [Thomas William Nixon], a sizar at Magdalene College Cambridge; he works hard but needs support to complete his education; Yorkshire friends have mentioned Houghton's sympathy towards the less privileged.

2 Regent St., Rochdale. - Seeks recommendation to Alexander Redgrave for post of Certifying Surgeon under the Factory Act for the Rochdale district; present holder is no longer equal to the work; became familiar with machinery accidents as a medical officer at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

4 Deptford Bridge, Deptford, Kent. - Must visit the sea owing to recurrence of complaint; has found a situation at £15 a year; vital support by Milnes and Lady Galway's Trustees; encloses letter from Mr Wyndham who gave £5 as a result of Milnes' testimonial.

Enclosure: letter, postmarked 24 May 1841, from Wadham Wyndham, MP to Charles Sager, written in 3rd person. Arthurs Club, St James St. - Now residing in London; can offer some financial relief. Pencilled shorthand on seal flap and back of envelope.

Cambridge. - Seeks Income Tax clerkship vacant by death of Charles Thrower; almost penniless; Milnes' promise to help his mother's family; will he speak to 'The head of The Government' on behalf of a brokenhearted man'.

Covering the years 1919-34; written for Science and Humanity Year-book.

Oak Lodge, Exmouth. - Notes Gow's 'kind gift of the bound volume of your Sketch [a memoir of her brother A. E. Housman'; encloses postcard of painting of Humphrey Holden, which 'hung in the Trinity College room of A. E. Housman' and is now owned by Mrs Symons.

40 Mecklenburgh Sqr. W.C. Thanks him for his kind words about his edition of Sophocles for the Loeb Classical Library, find his hendecametric experiment a tour de force.