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HOUG/E/M/21/14
Title
Letter from Robert Whiston to Richard Monckton Milnes
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- 19 Sept. 1841 (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Rochester. - Bennett has perhaps mentioned that Whiston is a candidate for Breward Grammar School; asks if Milnes can mention him to Mr Monckton of Somerford, one of the electors; obtained Milnes' Poetry for the People from Moxon; Milnes' reluctance to visit. Postscript: rumoured murder of Milnes' colleague; 'unfortunate cannon-ball [jest?].