Item 36 - Letter from John Thornton to his cousin Robert Pemberton Milnes

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HOUG/BO/2/36

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Letter from John Thornton to his cousin Robert Pemberton Milnes

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  • 19 Nov. [1847 or later?] (Creation)

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Milnes, Richard Monckton (1809-1885), 1st Baron Houghton, author and politician
(1809-1885)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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St J[ames' Square?]. - Has been settling his youngest son in Somerset 'as the sole pupil of George Hoare, second son of Charles Hoare' whom Robert will remember from Cambridge. Discussion of the financial difficulties of F[rederick?] Raikes who must get together enough money to 'clear him out, pay his passage to the Bahamas & keep him alive till he is entitled to draw some salary'; asks Milnes to confirm what he will contribute.

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