Item 27 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Caroline Trevelyan

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Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Caroline Trevelyan

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  • [1883?] (Creation)

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Asks her to thank his father for his letter, and tell him that Robert is studying 'the siege of Saguntium, just before Hannibal declared war with Rome' as Alcorus tells the Saguntines they should submit [see Livy]. Will tell Mr Arnold that he [Robert] 'may have the jersey' [see 45/26]. Mr Bent the clergyman is leaving; he showed the boys a 'magic lantern about Sweden and several English cathedrals'. Sends love to all; has written to Charlie.

Sketches in cartoon strip form on third and fourth pages, each with numbers corresponding to a list on fourth page: '1. The Shot; 2. The fall; 3. The flight; 4. The arrest; 5. The transportation to gaol; 6. Kilmanum [ie Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, where those convicted of the Phoenix Park Murders were imprisoned and executed]; 7. The execution.

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