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On headed notepaper for 86 Chesterton Road, Cambridge. Has been a supervisor to Ambrose for more than two years, while she has been researching for her Ph.D. on 'Finitism in Mathematics'. She is 'an industrious & intelligent student, very well aware of the difficulties of the subject...& very persevering in her efforts to overcome them. She is keenly interested not only in the particular subject of her research but in philosophical problems generally'. Thinks 'she would be a competent & stimulating teacher of philosophy'.

(Transcript made by J. A. Busfield in 1872 (see No. 11). Date supplied by Marchand.)

Label inside front cover, "a. The Philosophy of the Progressive [Sciences], Introduction, Philosophy of the Pure Sciences".

Chines. Concerns one of his publications

Wimbledon. Sharp has declined a request to stand as MP for Leominster, Tierney suggests Hull if Lord Mahon does not stand

Discusses an article on Pope Pius VI by Ugo Foscolo, admirable speech by David Ricardo

Upper Brook Street. Forwards an issue of a [philosophy] magazine, is missing issues of July and August 1811.

Upper Brook Street. Requests Hodgetts to return the portrait of DR from which he was making an engraving.

Kensington. Invites him to dinner

Kensington. Invites him to a meeting over dinner in order to make arrangements for the business of the following day at the Freemason's Tavern

Kensington. Wishes to see him.

Barn Elm. his cart is in Russel St , Covent Garden every Saturday morning, JWH may purchase his squashes from it:

Barn Elm. John Cobbett wants Bensley's accounts which relate to WC's gardening book and French grammar, he will forward the information to John Akerman

Kensington. Plan to lease [paper] mill in place of Mr Rowland, the plant is included in the lease, has ten tons of raw material

Barn Elm. The printer must be pressed, requires bags and mats, did not want the leg of mutton that he sent

Barn Elm. Sending by bearer some black walnut as a sample to be displayed, sending a corn plant to be displayed at an agricultural meeting in Monmouthshire:

Barn Elms. Will have squash seed for sale in one month, has never had champagne in his life, has asked Mills to print his tree catalogue and plans to publish his seed catalogue in the next copy of the Register, will send the pig and veal tomorrow, needs "flut-knives"

Barn Elm. Tree orders will be sent off tomorrow, has to transport a huge plank of black walnut to Kensington, wishes to advertise the sale of planks in Liverpool, will send a pig on Sunday, pleased with the speed at which barrels and other things have come from Fleet Street, the seed catalogue will be well prepared by Tuesday, it will be a "large affair": Barn Elm

Barn Elm. Will send corn and pigs, encloses orders, accounts have not been done very well, might want the Registers for 1828 bound in two volumes

Barn Elm. Criticism of office practices, invitation to dine

Queen's Square Place, Westminster. Expresses concern for the health of the inhabitants of the [London] timber docks including Earl Spencer's property

Queen's Square Place, Westminster. Regrets that the copy of 'Scotch Reform' that he had presented was deficient with proposals for correcting this

Discusses alterations to a Parliamentary bill