Item 3 - Letter from William Dougal Christie to Richard Monckton Milnes

1 folded sheet.

Professor Birkbeck's, Down[ing] Coll[ege] Cambridge. - Takes it for granted that Milnes will be at the [Apostles] dinner; he himself is tied here. Has written to [Arthur?] Butler saying that he is 'engaged in an endeavour to make two Apostles members for Cambridge'. Some older members, such as E. Romilly and Maurice 'approved most warmly'; he himself 'never doubted I was doing right', and is sure there is ''nothing in the article revealing secrets'.

Fears that Jeremie is 'very ill indeed' at Lincoln; his doctor in Cambridge, [George Edward?] Paget, has had details recently from his doctor in Lincoln and is 'very apprehensive'.

Is writing to Milnes to let him know that he has 'found more unpleasantness than I could have supposed possible about my article on the Apostles in McMillan'.