Stuk 9 - Letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett Cameron to Richard Monckton Milnes

4 ff., with enclosure, 2 ff.

Weymouth. - Seeking a letter-carrier's place for Henry Holdgate, of 8 Upper George St, Bryanston Square, where Cameron's mother is lodging; Holdgate's business of carving and gilding disagrees with him and his mother reports other family afflictions; would Milnes approach Col. Maberly or Lord Lonsdale; encloses documents; asks Warburton's present address; 'the hubbub of Corn Laws and Irish Coercion bill have eclipsed other matters; asks if Milnes mentioned him to Gladstone; still ready for the Colonies if wanted. [Contains note by Milnes ? for Commonplace Book]. Enclosure: testimonial, 17 Apr. 1846, for Henry Holdgate by Count Baptiste Metaxa, 1 Montague Place, Montague Square [written in 3rd person].