Delivery of Pontefract Addresses to the Queen, Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent [on the Royal Marriage].
Leeds. - Invitation to Annual Dinner of the Leeds Operative Conservative Society.
Whitehall. - Lord John Russell cannot further commute Caroline Parker's sentence for robbery [autograph signature only].
Mattersea. - Re Milnes' appointment as a magistrate.
Letters largely concerned with family matters. Relatives mentioned include 'your Aunt Orkney' [Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney]; Grace's half-brother Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth and his wife Louisa, née Carteret, whom he married in the span of these letters; Grace's 'sister [Mary] Graham', 'Lady Granville' [Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville], her godmother; her mother Mary, née Villiers, 'unkle' Henry Villiers, and mother's cousin William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin; Lord Carteret [later 2nd Earl Granville] and his wife Frances.
Sem títuloA note clarifying Macaulay's quote about women of noble families marrying the divines of the time, in response to a claim in Churchill Babington's Mr Macaulay's Character of the Clergy in the Latter Part of the Seventeenth Century Considered.
Sem títuloWith printed message 'I'll not confer with sorrow till to-morrow; But Joy shall have her way This very day'. No message written in by hand. Image of cottage, by Frederick Leighton [sic]. This item may not be from Vishwanath Singh, or it could have originally contained the following item.
Folded sheet, 'Christmas Remembrance' and signature of Vishwanath Singh; on opposite page, image of cottage and hens.
'Greetings. Every Happiness, Every Blessing', signed by Vishwanath Singh.
On headed paper with the arms of Chhatarpur: 'Expecting to hear from you. Having not heard from you for long. I'm anxious'.
Knottingley. - Seeking charity school place for his eldest son; gives ages of his other children.
Halstead, Essex. - Originally came to Ferrybridge to be near Mr Pym; did not feel suited in his position; kindness of the Milnes family; Milnes' services to Pontefract should be recognised with a peerage. Postscript: has taken curacy of Little Maplestead for a year.
With footnote by Annabella Hungerford Milnes and engraving of Little Maplestead Church dated 5 May 1853.
Castleford Rectory. - Acknowledges donation towards school; further expenses.
Including re John Auckland and Samuel Naylor.
Harewood. - Poor health; needs assistance; describes herself as 'the Daughter of Nurse Blackburn'; appends husband's name.
Market Place, Pontefract..
Ackworth. - Milnes' mortgage on the Red House and Weeland Turnpike Road; no sum can be named for reduction.
Ackworth. - Notice of meeting of Trustees of the Doncaster and Tadcaster Turnpike Road, 18 Jan. 1859. Contains circular to creditors of the Red House and Weeland Turnpike Roads, 3 Jan. 1859.
5 Peter Street, Jersey. - Thanks Milnes for a gift. Robert Pemberton Milnes had offered to advance money for establishing Atkins in business; needs £45-£50 for a house and stationer's shop; health deteriorating partly through lack of occupation.
Doncaster. - Amount due to Doncaster Subscription News Room from the late Robert Pemberton Milnes; hopes Milnes will continue to subscribe. Postscript: deficit arose as R. P. Milnes usually paid subscription in person.
Admiralty. - Acknowledges information on age of Samuel Naylor, who cannot be appointed to the school until he is ten and must then take turn after other nominees on Mr [Henry Lowry-?] Corry's list.