Item 36 - Letter from A. M. Stow to R. C. Trevelyan

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Upper Mall, Lahore. - Apologises for 'bothering' Trevelyan with a request: [John] Perronet Thompson, who arrived from camp to stay with them the day before Trevelyan left, had his name put up for the Athenaeum Club by Henry Jackson about fifteen years ago and it has 'now come up for ballot', so he wants to 'proceed to election'. Wonders whether Trevelyan might help.

Perronet Thompson was a 'major scholar of Trinity' and 'President of the Union'; he is 'greatly interested in archaeology of this country, and prepared the catalogue of the Loan [?] collection of armour, pictures etc which was exhibited in the Dehli [sic] Fort on the occasion of the King's Visit'. Knows the 'Athenaeum is a large order, especially for the "sundried bureaucrat", but takes it 'H. J. would not have put up a "rotter"!'. Thompson is a 'very old friend of theirs'; hopes Trevelyan will excuse him if this request is 'out of order'.

Is sending this to the Shiffolds as Trevelyan may be 'in Java or Siberia by this time'. Has recently had a visit from another 'teaching fellow... one [Percy Maude?] Roxby, from Oxford and Liverpool... of an economic term'. Was only going to spend two days with them and ended up staying a week or so, having 'got interested in Cooperative Banks, College and Farm [?] at Lyanpur, and Wathen's [?] selected politicians' of whom Stour regrets 'he thought but little'. He left them 'for Andrews with whom he was to breakfast'

Hopes Trevelyan found all well on his return. Stour hopes to be home in August, and to 'see something of' him.