Item 233 - Letter from Sir George Trevelyan to R. C. Trevelyan

Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Sometimes thinks Robert had 'almost a strong a feeling' as his own for Charles Francis Adams [who has just died]. Sends an interesting letter from the Hon George Duncan, Caroline's relative, who married a 'very nice woman, now dead' [Laura Dove Blanchard], a relative of the Adamses; the letter gives a 'very pleasing impression of Duncan himself'. George sailed [back to his Red Cross unit?] in an American liner. Thoughts on the best way to keep the mind 'tolerably tranquil in thes world-pervading times'. Thoughts on what the sinking of the Falaba, and the death of 'one obscure American citizen' [Leon Chester Thrasher] may lead to; hopes the practice of blowing up non-combatant ships will not be a 'precedent accepted and established'. Has been thinking a great deal about Lord Nelson recently [due to an injury to his hand], 'especially at breakfast time'; has little sympathy with his 'personal history', but wonders 'how he managed to eat a boiled egg. Perhaps Lady Hamilton helped him'. Knows there are people worse off, who do not grumble.