Michael Heath-Caldwell M.Arch
Brisbane, Queensland
ph: 0412-78-70-74
alt: m_heath_caldwell@hotmail.com
Box C
PB1010001
Music sheet
Veni, O Veni
Come thou, O come;
Sweetest, and kindliest,
Giver of tranquil rest
Unto the weary soul;
In all anxiety
With power from heaven on high
Console
Continues
PB 1010002
Envelop with photos of CEH and son
Envelop addressed,
Miss R Marsh Caldwell
Linley Wood
Talk o th Hill
Staffordshire
PB1010005
Envelop address
Miss Rosamond Marsh
Eastbury
Watford
Hertfordshire
44 [1844]
Postmark Q Fe 3 44. [3rd Feb 1844?]
Black wax seal
File PB10100007
Letter to Georgina from Posy? After 1858. Summer
Letterhead 5,Loundes Street, SW
Miss Georgy Marsh Caldwell
My dear Georgy
I am so disgusted by the quantity of various unexpected business, all sorts of things that I am quite tired before I come to my letter to you. Dear Fanny I must begin to speak for fear I shall be tired before I get to her. I do hope that Richard will be able to fix a day for their coming to us and two nights must be if but I shall think that a very shabby and hope all will be in spite of Garden [Gardia?] at least 3 that with dear love to them both.
I think I am better than when [as when, I was?] on the whole, but such glorious weather it is so warm, so bright.
So I think I will write no more . But love to the dear dear Georgy, I never shall forget our weeks together. Dear child, your most loving mother. For I am too tired to write more.
Your dear Georgy,
Own AMC
PB1010009
Printed text
From The Royal Engineers Journal February 1, 1902
Major General F.C. Cotton, C.S.I.
In connection with his biographical notice of Major-General F.C. Cotton, published in the R.E. Journal of the 1st December, General Walker forwards us the following letter from General Michael ,C.S.I., giving an account of one of the important services rendered by General Cotton to Southern India, and indeed to India in General:-
San Remo, Italy
22nd December, 1901
My dear Walker, My sister has sent me a copy of your memoir of dear old Fred Cotton, which I have read with great interest. I notice, however, that you have said nothing about one of his greatest achievements in the public interests of India, namely, that the foundation of practicable and profitable forest conservancy was due to his initiative. It was he who prevailed on the Madras Government, in 1847, to make an attempt to save the forests of the southern part of the presidency, which were being rapidly destroyed through neglect and a pernicious system of handing over large tracts to native timber merchants on lease.
In 1847, in the course of an exploring expedition which he made from Coimbatore to Cochin, across the lower range of the Annamullay Hills, in view of the possibility of a road being made, he was so much struck by their wickedly wasteful proceedings that he strongly urged the Madras Government to stop the system of leasing and to make an attempt to preserve their forests and to work them on economic principles under their own agency.
Cotton at that time had very great influence at Madras, and he laid the subject so earnestly before the Government that they asked him to formulate and undertake a tentative scheme in the Annamullays. This he consented to do provided that they gave him a special assistant for the work, his own extensive Engineer duties precluding him from doing more than start the project and look after it from time to time. I had the good fortune to be known to Fred Cotton, and he knew that I had made sporting trips into to Annamullays, and that I had acquired an interest in forestry matters a few years before in Switzerland, where I was partly educated. He therefore applied for me, and in 1848 I was attached to him as his assistant, with a small establishment for this special duty. Cotton realized the necessity of showing the conservancy could be introduced and, at the same time, be made to pay. His orders to me were: (1st). To explore the Government forest area thoroughly, ascertaining the true boundaries, and marking out localities where teak occurred in patches or in any quantity. (2nd). To collect expert timber cutters from Malabar and Cochin, and to bring out the special class of timber required for the Bombay dockyard and the Madras gun carriage factory, with the least possible waste. (3rd). to enlist the sympathy and the aid of the forest tribes by employing them as much as possible on work for which they were fitted such as hutting the workmen, clearing fire circles round saplings in the dry season, as guides, and for guarding the forests against trespassers at times when the jungles were to unhealthy for Europeans. (4th). To steer clear of friction with the people of the adjoining plans, who enjoyed communal or ancient village rights on the borders of the forests.
Suffice it to say that on these lines such results were obtained between 1848 and 1856 that the Court of Directors acknowledged the success in handsome terms, and similar conservancy measures were rapidly extended to other districts of Madras. The Government of India then took the matter up, and the Imperial Forest Department was formed about 1862. This department is now, perhaps, the most efficient one in the world. It consists of over 200 superior officers, 12,000 or more subordinate employees, and countless hosts of less important working people. Its net annual revenue is close on a million sterling. The whole of the forests of India and Burma are carefully preserved, and most of our colonies and dependencies have followed suit, and now have forest departments.
Little did Fred Cotton think, when he embarked on his modest project, that it was fraught with such stupendous results.
Any survivor who ever served under Fred Cotton as he was always affectionately called knows what a wonderful talent he had for getting good work done for him. He was the most genial, helpful, and unselfish of masters, and he had a remarkable power of instilling his own enthusiasm for a work into his subordinates. Anyone would work his heart out for Fred Cotton. They all knew, moreover, that he was always ready to give them full credit for any success usually in complete abnegation of self.
I can answer for this myself. Even in 1883, when writing to welcome me home to England, in alluding to our old Annamullay days then more than thirty years gone by he mentioned the credit which had lately been given him in the Society of Arts Journal, of having been the first to suggest a Government Forest Department in India on practicable lines, and he added, It is easy enough to suggest, but carrying out the suggestion is another matter*** There is not doubt that our first movement in the Annamullays was the origin of the Forest Department, and I flatter myself I made a capital selection of the first executive.
Oh, si sic omnes!
Yours very sincerely,
J. Michael.
File PB 1010012
Letter to Georgy from Linley Wood from Louisa. [Probably April 1870]
April 21st
Thursday
Dearest Georgy,
It is now nearly 6 oclock and I have not had one moment to write to you yet. I have hurriedly finished The Thursday House accounts then Mrs Twemlow and Miss [Seakers, Jenkers?] came. Then I had to rush off to the [Womins, Lomin?] leaving them here with Posy. Then [Mr Grant Rex?] came and as soon as he had gone Mr, Mrs and Franny McHutcheon 1hr[?] stayed tea and are only just gone. I feel that Posy will have told you everything and how we have watched the weather calculated where about for [wen?] and missed [Jot?] darling G. Poor Holmshaw is so [avy?] Miss Georgina is gone. Poor thing has had a sharp attack on the lungs and though much better is not yet out of the woods and must be very careful. Does not that seem a fate about the Housemaids? And of course we are in charwomens hands again. And I wanted so to get all in order during this lull. However I have written to John to say we must put off his party for a week which is just as well on many accounts I think, it would look so hurried. I have written to Evans (not Giffords) and I do hope she may do but it makes one fearful. However, I gave her a little hint, and we must see. [Hoyhants?] [leown, leaving?] was all so neat and orderly when I took the inventory yesterday. She goes tomorrow. Do you not feel that there is a great black in England now, that Lord B is gone and that we are left to that unprincipled madman Gladstone! I can see you sense[?] how much I feel it and did not the least expect to do so. Mr [Spene?] has taken back Alsager with his own hands continues vertically to secure[?] the[Parks?] would cost 600 and of course he cannot be expected to pay this sum and the Alsager representatives would either, so Mr Sheringham has preached or is going to peach his farewell sermon to Alsager as a [Priest, Parish?] Mr Brown has got the living of Aston near Stone. There seems to be no doubt of his being really in love!!! With Anastasia. But really when she came over here on Thursday she looked too dreadful. Miss Brown, a sister of his came over, a very much lady like person. You will never read this, [mess?] and tell us as soon as you can when we are to write port by port as you can give us. I had such a lovely letter from Mrs Roscoe. I fear poor Willie is doing badly. Goodbye my dearest G and with love to your companions.
Every you L.
File PB1010014
Part of letter
Continues.. had seen which has made me weak and good for nothing. I daresay yours was of the same kind. It makes a thorough wretch of one, does it not. Poor William Roscoe was staying here last week and was speaking with nice [rip in paper] ling of all you had done [rip in page for?] them which I am sure [rip in page] feels truly. They have [rip in page] a grevious manner but his heart is a right honest and true one. I am convinced and I think he would love you, as truly as we all do and show it too, if he had not a fear after all you kindness it might seem mercenary. A feeling which I, dear Uncle Caldwell, am conceited enough to think I know you well enough to be [rip in page] sure you have the delicacy and generosity to appreciate. You ever loving m [rip in page n [neice?].
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Part of letter to Stamford from one of the nieces.
Continues..Warwick, on our way here. Jane Gifford has there looking so well and so handsome. The latter the result of a Venetian hair dressers art. My dear Mother used to tell me I was too ugly to be drawn, and now my friend, tell me I am a beauty. She said to me, and really she has quite the beauty look about her. You must remember her a plain little girl. She is extremely agreeable of late years, she has lived so much in the very best society amongst the really foremost men of the age, and her last years travel to Italy has put the finishing touch. She complains very much of the gossiping society of most English women after living in the [intitled?] and Art of the South, though the Italian women do not seem much better. George Holland has given up Wellesbourne and is going to Arab over the world again, much to Charlottes dislike. It does seem a pity he cannot settle down. Jane [Gifford] and Scott take a house in London and set up together I shall be surprised if it does not become one of the most agreeable houses in London. They settle down in our quarter of the town which is very pleasant for us. We go from here Monday, after hearing the [Bishop of Oxford scribbled out with pencil] address, a meeting at Ripon, for the Propagation Society and lunching at the Bishops [scribbled again]. I am looking forward to a great pleasure in hearing this address. To my mind nothing equals eloquence, be it music, painting, sculpture, poetry or any other intellectual [agremen?] it is a sort of living combination of all, in the Bishop of Oxford [scribbled on again]. Sunday he preaches and that he does very finely, but nothing is like his speaking. He is making a tour of England in behalf of the Society so that, I suppose, he will come into your parts. I wish he would let one believe in him! We go to Swarcliffe, the John Greenwoods Monday following, unless you are disposed to have us as Mama proposes which, indeed, I hope you may as it is so very long since I have had the pleasure of seeing you and it is a pleasure I do not at all like the idea of forgoing any longer, dear Uncle Caldwell..
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File PBN1010018
Opinions on Warning to BP. [British People, Parliament?]
LMC your able and admirable pamphlet
F. Wilbraham the pamphlet
Bertie your pamphlet I consider to be most powerful.
MEH[?]. Your well put together and impressive Pamphlet
H Mama and I read it, with great interest indeed, it gave us much information about the French Revolution.
M. Milman Thank you very much for sending me your pamphlet which I think must be useful if the working people will read it.
Amy F: I think it is a most striking way of demonstrating what these radical laws would come to were they carried out to the extreme results.
Mr Browne: How beautifully done I thought it, I read your little book with great interest!
File PB1010019
Part of letter to Louisa, possibly from Posy, to Georgina. Mary H could be Mary Heath or Mary Hawkins. Appears to be writing from Anstie Grange
Continues infection does not spread just now. He is such a nice Doctor. I feel quite safe with him and am so grateful he is the Doctor. Herbert sends his love and kisses to GrandMama, Aunt Missings, Aunt Georgy and Maria. I had such a pleasant drive with Mary H on Monday to Leigth Hill place. She is going away on Friday for 3 weeks. It does not matter to me. Now would you, Gies dear, send me word what was the fumigation used after the sickness was over at LW [?] that Mr Leggatt gave as I must have the house thoroughly fumigated, if the chicks get well soon enough before the boys holidays, I shall send this to you Gies as Mama might rather not have it sent to her. [Mdlle?] has had the measles and all the servants but Ellen who is not sure whether she has had them or not. We have put the well children in the boys room so they have that stair case apart and I shall keep up in my room. Ellen and Mddle takes care of them whilst I and Lizzie attend to the Hospital
File PB1010021
Letter to Stamford from Adelaide Loring
Cobham Vicarage
Friday, 25th September [1857]
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
Now that I am so much better I must write my self and thank you for your kindness to me. Your most kind present was indeed of such great service to me, and added so much to the benefit of the sea air. I am so much better since I came home and I am hoping to be in a short time, quite well and strong again. For which, dear Uncle Caldwell, I shall always feel myself so much indebted to you. I hope you are pretty well, and that this fine warm summer has suited you, as it has delighted everybody I suppose. We are enjoying very much having the Croftons so near us. We see them generally two or three times a week, as they have a poney at Foxwarren and we have a pretty little chaise, given us by the Buxtons, which our donkey can draw with the greatest ease, and trot us over to Foxwarren in a short time. Duke is very kind to our little boys, and it is a great delight when he comes over and plays with them as, tho he is such a fine tall boy of his age, he is very gentle to our little ones, and does not disdain to notice them! Tho they are not half his age. Amy is such a darling little girl that it makes almost wish one of our three lads was of the other gender. Georgy is still with us, most kindly helping me to get well. We cannot help thinking today of my mother and sisters, this their last day at dear Eastbury, which they cannot but feel tho the prospect of their new home seems very bright. My husband begs to be most kindly remembered to you and Georgy desires her best love. And believe me dear Uncle Caldwell your affectionate and grateful niece, H. Adelaide Loring.
File PB1010023
Journal continues Posy and co in France with the Bergerons
Monday 4th. Lovely day, [[Lectured? Loctored?] Mrs Richard, Louisa Mother, comfortable rooms, well furnished with [racks?] bad cold myself. Worked religious conversation with M.M. Orthodoxy, Theology, future life, miracles. Manner of spreading true religious knowledge in France. M.B. returned dinner given to him by the employees [hibney?] rail. Early to bed. Storm, lightning, not over us.
Tuesday 5th. Lovely day, bad cold. Read. Gt Republic. Poem of the Sun by Mr Harris, very beautiful and true: the others walking, sketching, billiards croquet. Chess with M.M. in evening, early to bed.
Wednesday 6th. Lovely day. Breakfast 7. A. Mr M and MP Mr M and W walked to Grand Hotel Salines. The rest [to?] Ravoi to do met M.B. A and Ms per Ravi to sail A.B. Mddle M M.S and W per Corbille to Cherpigney, lovely drive, fine situation, poor house, dilapidated gardens, bad water, splendid views from grounds which in some places lovely and wooded. Poisonous Quats. Breakfast in house. Walked to choose new site, fine chestnut, rest under it. Watch households and children, all but one barefooted A.M.B. en route toLausanne. Marquets to sail .A.B. Mdlle M.L and W per W toRavi, ascent, A and then A.B. walk. W and M.P.in Coreille. Tired, early to bed.
Thursday 7th. Lovely day. Wrote to Erie and Mary L M.H. letter to the Ms and W Willy Estoppet to the Cheville Aqualines started about 10, back about 5.30. Finished Grt Republic. Poem of the Sun by Harris. True and fine. Pretty, it appears to me
Mdlle Maquet told fortunes in the evening, discussed at dinner. Self Love. A.B. and I thought [annihilistic?] M.M. quoted old sayings. An aulain[?] A.B. and I only true foundations of future [union?] and happiness for humanity, anything done, with an ultimate view to personal benefit, exception to fin as fits for an instrument of blessing to others, no real act of goodness. A.M Pierre and Mr and Mdm Ms fortunes told.
Friday 8th. Lovely day. Walk in wood to seek for moss, charming and delightful. Painting and sketching. Rest walking and sketching etc. chess in evening. Music.
Saturday 9th. Adieu to Les Plans, started early, up at 5.30. Started to 8 for Bex in carriage. A.B. Mde Mdlle Marquet. M. Pierre on box. A. and S [?], M.M. and M for Ravi, rail to Lausanne, 2nd class, comfortable smokers. Swiss [gentry, family?] slow progress, lake, Maison Herr Breakfast. M.B. route via Milan and [Fuirspark?] proposed. Hesitations on account of money. Call on Winterhalters, lovely view over Lake and Mountains. Mountains diminished. M & MM in evening. Maps, calculations M.B and [I?]
Sunday 10th. Cold bad. Stay at home. Service alone. Letter from Erie [Eden] up to Mdle W . A and M.W taking lesson. A and W toVichy [?] to service. Fall in afternoon A and Ab and Mde W to Ch, St. Francoise. Give Eries letter to Mde W. Ws, D and Mddle Joule The English in evening, various opinions about Ammergau. Uncertain still. To bed late.
Monday 11th. Cloudy. Heavy rain all afternoon. Cold still. With A.B. after lunch to call on Mde [Pdnemonte?] out. A with Mr W and W to Signale Cathedral etc. Ws in evening, fine playing Mrs W., M.B. and Mr W duets, violin and piano.
Tuesday 12th. Busy all morning helping A.B., A and J. Mde and Mdlle Maquet called in morning Mrs W, M.B. and A.B. left for Lyons at 2 oclock. I walked with Mr W. to new Hospice des Alienes, increase in madness everywhere, free nations, many more in proportion than those under despotism. Russia, per cent, least. Excellence of Lombard workmen as builders, masons etc employed generally in Switzerland and Germany. Honesty and industry. Terrible state of Italian Colony at Beunos Ayres, 20 in a room, never change dress, work until have 8 to10,000 frs then return home and set up in business. Fever broke out amongst them, died far more than English and German. Last Sunday worst day, 300 died, carriers of coffins dropped down stricken, no friends allowed to follow. Mr W [and, from] friends in spot go over building, Italian work, new [simpe?] Clerk of Works Swiss. 380 patients to contain. Peasant proprietors does not insure loss of state from inferior cultivation, poverty of possession. 50 acres large farm. Lovely 2nd Lake Lamond on left. [Thick?] wooded, thickly peopled country, villas, villages, rich [kind Fuas?] in distance. Schultzer [primed?] Alt Catholiken man after [Dthicqu?] who carries most weight in these matters. Priest: refused Archbishopric of Prague? That [Shopmaque?] was Author of last Austrian Concordat believed for the good of his country, great disappointment at results, silence, retirements. Vatican decree made him come forward, destroying Ancient Ch: immense gain to cause fr: immense influence, steady growth of cause return by other 2nd quiet evening. Reading Murray for [journey?]. Lovely day, hot.
Wednesday 13th. Lovely day, hot. In morning called Marquets, out. Met in Fair with Mdlle M. Round fair to call on Miss Guignant, up old stairs with wooden roof to Cathedral, look in [keep?] Miss J in the Place, fine view Cathedral, again not much through old town. Bazaar. Pay for G 2nd breakfast. Mr W, Mde M all to Ms. Kindegarten. M.M. and M.
Their small, wonderful bright eyes enthusiasm Troclets [?] system, teach by sight: copy, so new then invent: form contrary intermediacy only informed by stopping lesson or coming to school
File PB1010025
Same handwriting as before but religious tract.
The order in which God has created humanity is first the natural men, then the spiritual,the so the order of human progress according to its constitution and the natural matter, sight and sensations comes first, continues.
Finishes If matter is this, the Image in which the Spirit is being manifested, and there is no such thing as matter and an entity apart from existing as our entity apart from Spirit and if the spiritual man
PB1010029
Part of letter from Malta
Continues... start her for Malta by the Zebra, upon which very nice vessel Leo had got her a free passage, so she went at a very trifling expense and for reasons best known to myself, I was very desirous she should accept dear Richard and Fannys invitation to spend four months with them. The charges will be little and the advantages very great. So it is one of those things which appear to me to come under the category of duties to my children, as consulting their best and truest interests and therefore to be done if possible. My only scruple is the cost to Richard of her visit for I cannot afford to pay her board as I did for Mary and Georgy, the war taxes &c making times hard. But I shall return it in kind by taking them all in at Eastbury when they come to England for a little change which I fear will be absolutely necessary for the children next summer. English children seem to find it impossible to weather hot summers after a certain age. I cannot help wishing Richard may be ordered on to the Crimea. I am sure if there were an opportunity he is a man to distinguish himself. His men, as it is, are in excellent order and he is the best of regimental officers. All he has to do he does well. In London we were among the old set of old times. And I am always happy with friends that remind me of those dear days gone by. But I was disappointed in not seeing anything of Macintosh who was out of town. I saw him when I was at the Buxtons. You never saw such a wreck. He has lost all his hair, literally not bald crowned, but bald entire. His complexion is a blue clay colour and he looks quite an aged man. I did not even know him till I heard him speak. His old compeer Mr Darwin is looking very...
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Letter to Posy from Mary [MEM] at Linley Wood
Letterhead,
Linley Wood
Lawton
Cheshire
Nov.7
Dearest Posy,
I must write this very return to thank you for your nice long and most interesting letter. I had been set a good deal at ease about you by George giving me a cheerful account of you upon his return. It is not much but one feels when a person has got so far well will they well go on. I am much pleased that my Mary looks a little fatter than when she was here, so brave and good as she is. I hope she will keep her fat, which will help to feed her spirits. Which will want all the nourishment in every way that they can get. Leos letters are so pleasant and interesting, and it was so kind of you dear P to send us such long extracts. He seems very happy, and all in his work, and I suppose has just as much authority and power of arranging things in his hands as if he were your Excellency and I was sure the more regulation of things falls into his hands the better they will be regulated. I am much pleased with the place Arty has taken. He will turn out above the common or I am much mistaken. Your account of Surrey air makes one long, that sweet sweet South of England. The most peaceful climate, take it all in all I should imagine in the world. Here we have had beautiful warm sun, till about 12 when most days it clouds over. Smoke has much to do with this, not latitude altogether. The best of this dear old place is its [stir?] something always happening or to be done. Tuesday G and I drove to station on business and then through Lawton Park and stopped at the Hall door to enquire after the two gentlemen. Dr and Mrs Kennard come to the door to speak to us, both looking ill. But said they were better. I am afraid poor Robert is no better. In the evening came Louisa's boys who have gained prizes at the Night School, to receive their 2 silver 4d each. Mr [Rapet, Russel/] came up, it was about past 7, such a nice looking set of lads. I doubled the Prizes and called for wine and biscuits for Mr R and the tin full of biscuits coming gave each boy 2 Albert biscuits, and told them they were as good as Prince Alberts was (I hope they did not think he made them) and enlarged upon his goodness and industry, and told them how in his last illness, he sat up and wrote business letters in his dressing gown. All for the good of the people &c &c. And then I showed them my dear picture my [Herbert, Rubens?]. And I hear they were most pleased with their visit. That day L and G went to Huts and brought back word the room was ready. Next day sale at [cloathing?] club. They went before I was down and came home a little before six, selling all the day and very tired. I drove down to call upon Mr Tryon[?] and hear what he would like us to furnish for the Room. He was out but I saw Mrs Tryon, and he means to come and report proper. I had this letter from Henry this morning. I think you and Mary will like to see it. So send it. Please send it to me again. Likewise Georgy and Taylor we here like the cover off but nobody was at it. Farewell dear dear P. Next will tell us all about the children. All our dearest love to my sweetest Pauline, and to all those dear children who come to hear it.
Every your loving MEM [Mary Emma Marsh, Lady Heath]
File PB1010033
Part of letter.
Continues ...from Mama, I am so glad she seems so well. We go home on Saturday 11th and on Monday go to Lyne, for how long I do not know.
We are both enjoying ourselves very much, and I think have do continues?
Watercolour drawing of Falmouth, 6th Sept 1886 on reverse with woman in a red dress.
FilePB1010035
Letter to Stamford
Alderney
21st July
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
On Saturday Colonel Crofton received a notice from his Agent to the effect that £35 had been paid in to his account from Mr Caldwell and I lose no time in writing again to thank you for your very generous present, so far exceeding anything we expected, and we are very grateful to you for your kindness, my dear Uncle Caldwell. We are getting settled in our new house now, which is roomy and convenient, and we have a large garden. Colonel Crofton is very much engaged with his duties till 1 oclock, and the Barracks at Fort [Fougi?] are 20 minutes walk from our house. On Thursdays I go with him, as he thinks I am useful in visiting the school and married quarters. Saturday last The Dasher, Captain [Hones?] ship, came in. He has the appointment of looking after the English fisheries at Jersey and the other Channel Islands. Sir W. Reid, his father in law, Mrs [Hone?] and Captain Ryder, of scientific celebrity, were on board and Richard went down immediately after dinner to see them, and returned with the whole party. Captain Ryder could not find a lodging any where in the island so we took him in for the night. We had been acquainted with him at Malta. He is very agreeable and well informed, and we spent a very pleasant evening. He really seems to think that the fear of the French invasion is not an absurd idea, and he says we are in a disgraceful state of un-preparation. That the difficulty is finding men to man the fleet is very great, and that they are sweeping them up, whenever they can find them, no matter what their qualifications. Sir C Wood, one fine morning, paid off all our sailors and the next day England was without a navy. All who know best seem to be unanimous in the terrible opinion that if the French were to invade us we could offer...
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FilePB1010037
Envelop - Remarks on Pamphlet
May go with earlier transcription.
File PB 1010038
Envelop black edge Miss P.M. Marsh
At Robert Huttons Esq
Putney Park
Putney
Post mark 1846?
File PB1010040
Very light pencil notes on paper. Very difficult to read.
Something to do with the Greenwoods
To Greenwoods - -trouble, now to lunch [bunch?] with Compt but being so entirely in the country now home in London
PB 1010041
Literary comments.
Like Ischllons[?] doors do my thoughts take so much rein
Is not a just metaphor. Whenever we use a metaphor we must be careful that it is exactly correct in all the details we talk of a driver taking the rein but I think never the horses you are comparing your thoughts to horses who have no reins as.
As to leave my expressed meaning obscure.
If you had expressed your meaning it would not have been obscure.
to leave my meaning obscure would have been sufficient.
And his argument step by step each one well insured.
We dont insure an argument we prove it we found it upon something your metaphor you see is incorrect to insure is to promise an indemnity in case of loss that will not serve for a metaphor in this case to found an argument upon another may when we found one thing upon another we lay stone upon stone as Argument upon Argument this is therefore a just metaphor.
PB1010043
Part of letter
Louisa to Georgina who is away getting medical treatment for her eyes? 1894, time of Nele Lorings wedding to Mable Isaac.
Continues ...must we? Your letter come this morning with all the confirmed sinful news about yourself, but please, please dear, dont read one bit, till the Professor himself gives you leave. It is so much better to be on the safe side, and so grievous if you throw yourself back again, would not it my G? = DONT = I am so sorry for you for these great expenses, your poor body has cost you. Dr [Bonnker?] bill is come in this morning, and I thought you would wish me to pay it directly, so I have.
It come to 9.10.6
Great Rex 8.9.6
Chemist -.15.6
Plaister
Now mind my darling G, that you dont think of bringing back any present = even of the smallest kind to P and me or anybody. We must cut our costs according to our cloth, and with these enormous expenses = my poor dear = you really must be, that most unnatural thing, for you Stingy! = We are waiting to choose Neles present till you come home, and I have told them so, that you may help to choose it. Also the Fan for little Mabel [Isaac]. I heard from Any yesterday, and she invites us all 3, to come to Brighton for the wedding, which with such heaps of people as she has to ask, I have definitely declined for myself, but of course, not for you or P, and I hope one, or two, of you will go. You are Neles mother,, and P as his Godmother. More would be outrageous, would not it? And moreover absurd with such a houseful. If it keeps fine I must go to the Mow Cop Flower show this morning, as...
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File PB 1010045
Part of letter may be Louisa to Stamford?
Continues ...judge aright amongst French men agree in saying that nobody can either guess or say what will happen, the only thing that all agree in is that upon the first movement in France, Germany and Italy will burst into a blaze. A gentleman who has lately returned from Italy, a friend of Mrs Browns, and who is secretary to Fox [Maule?] and a very clever person, says that the moment the French army is withdrawn from Rome there is not a priest that will not be murdered. The oppression going on there is perfectly dreadful as generally the case in a tyranny dictated by terror and the worst of the matter is that whatever Mazzini [Giuseppe Mazzini] may be himself, his party is determined upon and capable of the most dreadful atrocitys when the moment of power so long waited for arrives, and arrive it will, the moment the French from any cause, withdraw their army from Rome. In Florence at this moment there are a hundred and twenty people confined in the most loathsome imprisonment for merely reading the bible and the wickedness of the society and people in general surpassed all that the imagination can pretend[?]. What a state of things! Whither are the all driving? In Rome at the moment, the power of the Jesuits is immense though the Pope is said not to favour them and one of their means of having attained to it is that in Italy three that are said to die cowards is go, out of every 100 (they by the way) in England the greater proportion die indifferent. Dr Latham says. When in their moments of terror at the last the Italians as a condition of pardon for the...
Continues ?
File PB1010047
Letter to Posy from Mary or Arthur. Says they are leaving Boulogne in August 1841, may take up residence at Sayers Court [Deptford] but eventually settled on Eastbury.
Wednesday 2nd June 1841
Dearest Posy,
I arrived yesterday evening, bringing the enclosed, but could not get to Brooks St today in time to see you before you set out. I find that Lady Lyon sent you the [Brenty?] [bdhe?] pony be moderate and so forwars it to Mrs King as full as you can. Write to tell me all about the [monster, martin, matter?] I think of returning to Boulogne again in the course of a week or ten days and shall take you with me, but I trust I shall first have the pleasure of seeing you Lyon Kent host, to whom pray make my kind regards. Ever my dearest Posy, your most affectionate [MEM? ACM?] I conclude that Franks letter gives you all the Boulogne news as well as our account of [k?]
We are settling again at Sayes Court [London?!?], but all, as yet, is uncertain except that we remain at Boulogne until August.
File PB1010049
Letter to Posy from Anne at time Martin was at Mrs Garths or just after.
Pencil 11th October 1847 - [Postmark Oct 1843?] note 1842.
My dearest Posh,
I have written four letters this morning but I will not let anybody write to you instead of me. I was very glad to get your dear letter. There has been quite an awful silence between us since you went to town and the last apparition of I have of you is flying round the [wolly?] in our [Fabbulla?] and [hole in page] roses looking to my foolish eyes a very sweet young lady indeed. I saw you once after I believe, but this is the impression I choose to retain. I think Mrs Holland could not have desired you to stay longer this visit or she would have said more about it. It would be provoking if there was any misunderstanding upon the subject, but I gave her every opportunity of asking for a longer stay if she had been inclined so to do. I am very glad you have heard the [Aechon Mor?] [hole in page] dear Aunt Georgys contivories[?]. I hope Fanny will get to heard an Oratorio which she has set her heart upon and on Saturday Mrs Browne came down as you know, and we were very happy together, till Tuesday, when I took her down to the rail road. I hope she was happy for as we sat waiting for the train she said oh how I wish I was going back gain with you. Nothing could be more affectionate and pleasant. Mrs Hibbert called while she was here to ask me to join a dancing class. I, at first, accepted but your [Fisle, Father?] thought it better to save the money for lessons more wanted. So I gave it up and I was wrong and think it was a mistake. On Saturday the Miss Maines called, they came to bring a poney which Captain Maine sent to your Papa, as a present if he chose it. It is about as large as a blue bottle fly and we cannot think how dull it looks waddling along with your Papa. I believe he will not keep it. After that [F-?], and Hensleigh [Fanny and Hensleigh Wedgwood] and Erasmus Darwin came to spend two nights with us. The weather was very cold and the place not at all [paper stuck on page] but this that it very pretty. The girls however, say that Erasmus was ready to drop down dead with ennui. I do not know how that might be but he seemed very [lanquid?] and poorly. Give my dear love to Aunt Georgy. I have got the account quite safe and will settle it when we meet next with you. [Give?] me word when Aunt G. thinks I may have my little boy again. Till the weather is a little warmer he will perhaps be better where he is but it must be warmer in a few days. Spring is all made up of hope. I begin to discern and is like a forward disagreeable child , that his talent and promises to be something. A promise its summer sometimes very shabbily [letins?] Martin was very happy at Mrs Garths, and went twice out hunting on a [hastor?] and made some extravagant leaps. May I never see it, my I never [fear?] it It is enough to make a mothers hair stand up like porcupines quills which with a [turbon?] on would not be becoming. Dearest Posy your ever loving Mother. AM.
File PB1010052
Envelop
Cuthbert Journey 1910
Miss R.J. Marsh-Caldwell
Linley Wood
Talke o the Hill
Staffordshire.
From Anstie Grange, Holmwood, Surry.
Postmark 18 JY 1910
File PB1010054
Letter from Eastbury to Stamford from Posy 1854?
Eastbury
Tuesday 1st.
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
I flatter myself you will like to hear of the safe arrival of my charges and myself in England. We arrived at Portsmouth yesterday week after a rather long passage of 16 days, but which, as we were not any of us long ill, and there were a party on board, we managed to make very pleasant. Mrs Douglas Stewart, Sir Houstons daughter-in-law was the only lady besides myself. We came home with the famous Tchesnaya batter, 55 of whose horses had the grand saloon appropriated to them. I found all here very well and England looking so fresh and lovely after glowing dazzling Malta. I left the Croftons very well, but I am afraid they will feel very forlorn shorn of all their children. They are all very much satisfied with them here. I wish you could see them. I think you would admire your little friend Amy. Duke is a fine little fellow but they all look delicate by the side of Adelaides splendid boys and I am very glad their parents made the sacrifice of sending them as I am sure they would have suffered from another summer.
I have not seen Louisa yet but I hope next week she will come back, if only for a time. Mrs [Erie] Eden cannot bear to part with her, and wants her very much to return to Government House when she has seen the children and me. I had brought your, dear Uncle Caldwell, a vase of Maltese stone which I had hoped you would kindly accept as a little remembrance of your kindness to me. Unfortunately it has shared the fate of all the others I bought and owing to the bad packing of the man from whom I bought them, got broken. Yours, however, is not a very serious fracture and I hope to get it mended without its shewing any sign of its misfortune. If I can, may I still have the pleasure of sending it you. My face would have made a good picture for Hunt as I took one fractured present after another out of the box. The poor mutilated things are lying before me now, dismally reminding of the dangers and difficulties of a long voyage. Nevertheless I am come to the conclusion that after you have got over the miseries a long sea voyage in a comfortable ship with an agreeable set of people is a very pleasant thing. Has the news reached you of Jane Giffords engagement to Mr Harry Drumnond. He is by [soke?] [she?] 35 but she has long had a great regard for him, so if the hitch in the settlements can be got over, I daresay she will be very happy. Everything he has is settled on Lady Lovaine so, though he can give her a good dowery, he can make no provision for a second family. Lady Gifford and Scott are to live with them which took away all Janes scruples of having her mother. If he were 10 years younger it would be what they call a very fine match. All her relations are, of course, very much pleased at her making so good a connection for the family. Other news, I have heard none since I returned. Indeed, I hardly know yet what the world has done or is now doing. 16 days complete separation form it, in these electric days make one feel quite stranded when plunged into it again. Now I must really go and relieve Georgy of the Baby whose nurse is gone toWatford to buy that important , [thing?] gowns.
Believe me, my dear Uncle Caldwell, with much affection
Your neice,
Rose
You will have seen Sir James Morrisons death in the paper, for whom, of course, we are in mourning. [1774-1854]
File PB1010058
Letter to Stamford from a niece, Louisa or Posy [1857-58]
Fox Warren
Thursday 28th
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
As you were good enough to say a letter from your nieces was always welcome to you, as I am staying here where one hears a little how the world is wagging, I am going to give myself the pleasure of writing to you as I hope I may be able to send you a few particulars which may amuse and interest you. I came here on Tuesday, the Buxtons meeting us at Newlands [Corner?] a lovely spot, half way between this and Deacons. There we had luncheon and then came on to this very pretty place. Georgy returning home to receive Mama on Wednesday when she was to return from the Heaths. Mr and Mrs Fowell Buxton came in the afternoon, and very pleasant people they are. Our Buxtons are getting this place into very pretty order, and seem to enjoy it thoroughly. It is always very pleasant staying with them as much of the news of the world flows through the house and there are usually all the new books to read or to discuss and both Charles and Emily [Buxton] are very agreeable. A propos of new books, Sir H. H [Sir Henry Holland] has an article on Science in the new Edinburgh and there is an article in the New Quarterly on Buckles book, which is pronounced very clever, by a Mr Davies, a clever London clergyman of the Maurico School. The Article on Buckle in the April Edinburgh was by Mr Stephens, the son of the Historian. Sir H.H. [Sir Henry Holland] who was here last night, says that nothing can well be more incorrect as to facts than Buckles books. He makes the most egregious blunders and misstatements and then Emily said she thought Mr Davies article was rather too sweeping. He said he deserves to be swept away entirely. Do you know that Lord Stanley of Aldderleys, eldest son who is Minister for England to Greece, is a Mahometan, openly avowed. He wants to build a Mosque and said the other day to Mrs Monkton Milnes I wish your husband would join me. I know he will very soon turn Mahometan, its all in his way and there will be 40 others who have promised to join. We might build a Mosque! Fancy poor Mrs M.M.s horror Sir H.H. says he is making us extremely disliked inGreece. There, he of course, supports the Turks interest in everything. So now this Jew will enable Parliament correctly to represent Jews, Turks, Infidels and Heretics! I confess to being very bigoted to a Christian Parliament! And I do believe that as half the measures that are...
Continues?
File PB1010061
Same author as above but letter does not appear to follow.
Sunday.
I quite forgot to send off my letter yesterday. My excuse is that we were meeting from past 11 till 5 without intermission [for, your?] carpets. At last we found one after rushing from one warehouse to another at all ends of the town. It has a dark green [ground?] and very handsome, [oak?] pattern, and dark crimson and white roses etc upon it. We bought you a rug and your room will look exceptionally nice. Georgy and I go to Melford [Melford Hall, Sir Hyde Parkers residence] on Wednesday or Thursday so you may imagine we are in a bit of a fuss. The house is to be cram full. I am desired to give united thanks of the fair Ladies of this abode to their preux chevalier for his noble defence of their understanding and proper position. I imagined Mr Garth [friend of Martin] inclines to the opinion of some old fathers of philosophers of the 3rd Century. That it is problematical whether women have souls or not. What ever we do for our gallant cavalier shall be accordingly to the good old custom embroider a scarf. Mary R desires in that case to contribute a [pearl, parcel?]. We have got Beauchamp Pell seems delighted to come. Mr Pells Bailif asks well have you persuaded that old farmer to drain his land and what are women (Louisa) says our people are a sight better off than men, and when Mr Pell remonstrated and ventured to [point?] that Louisa was a Lady, he only shrugged his shoulders and contemptuously at the word Lady! escaped his lips. They seem to be a highly primitive set there. Louisa seems to be enjoying herself much though I fear she will be sorry to miss Melford, were it not that she was so anxious as she went to Wilburton [Pells lived a Wilburton] to have Georgy go to Melford. I hope you give us your congrats that we are going. I will not cross more but thank you again for your gallant defence of us unfortunates. Ever with best love from all your most affectionate loving nieces.
Posy
File PB1010062
Part of letter short square page
Letterhead 5.Loundes Street, SW
Continues That was the name of the mysterious lady who appeared so unexpectedly at Miss Grahams marriage[?] and who it appeared was a [manine?] which had been kept secretly in the upper part of the house. Her [plain?] names were given. Whether she is the murdered woman or rather the woman whose body was found in the Pond, is not known. [Blle?] Jack was a walking Pedlar, who was supposed to know all about the N.C. mysteries. There is a sensible business man told her the following story which happened to a friend of his and which from his friends disposition and character he believed entirely to have really occurred. This gentleman had a [good?] friend in Birmingham. One day he left felt extraordinarily impelled to go and see him so he went but arrived in B. so early in the morning that he felt he could not go at once to his friends home. [He?] went to an hotel and went to bed alone..
Continues?
FilePB1010064
Possibly letter from Posy from Brighton to Martin. First part in a German.
Brighton
[Montag, MunHorg?] Linb
Linbnw Lwuvnw Jfr Mrffan voir if vnr JnuAsjn Grrmmourn mist rm mnniofnn knnnn Ji Mawdan sir continues most of page.
I think I have given you enough German. I like this place extremely, the Bedford Hotel is about the middle of what they call the West Cliff of Brighton, is built on two hills or cliffs which sink in the middle where they join. The principal parade which is a fine broad road with paths on each side, that nearest the sea above which the parade may be elevated 20 feet is very board opposite the sea and close upon the parade are a range of handsome buildings, very irregularly built in general with white stone or [Huever?] interspersed with some having the outside ornamented with round black stones or black bricks which relieve the white houses very much. Houses are built all up the sides of the two cliffs or hills in general very handsome. We are some distance from the drain [chain?] pier. We went there yesterday. It was one of those showery cloudy days with lovely gleams of sunshine occasionally bursting forth which you know make a view so beautiful. The [parade?] continues with a short break to the drain pier which is about the middle where the two cliffs join, but nearer the East then West cliff. The cliff rises suddenly when you get near the pier and the parade is continued below it to the pier. The sea goes out very little here (and leaves only a shingle beach) so that the end of the pier is always surrounded by the sea. It does not appear to me so long as the Boulogne pier, certainly not as long as the Capieure but then it has the advantage of always being surrounded by sea. Oh the view is so charming from the end. The sea [mors?] up into a sort of small bay on the western side. [big curve drawn on page] like that then, Brighton [stand, straight?] before you with its handsome picturesquely irregular houses backed by a high black looking hill up which they creep and surmounted by a wind mill. The sea and the lower part of the town were all in sunlight and this high hill in the shade. The colour of the sea here is exquisite. I never understood the full force of the expression, emerald sea before, it was so beautifully green and sparkling as it were, in waves that slightly broke out of a [cliresuplrace? Bed and round the horizon the deepest blue purple. One defect, however, is the little shipping that there is here, nothing like what we had at Boulogne. There are loads of people here. I saw the Whittingstocks but they did not see me. Our weather is unfortunate. Today it is dull and rainy, but then the sea is fine and rough and we look full upon it for our window fronts the sea, and we appear to be only a few yards from it. It is delightful being so near, I did not know what it was to be near the sea before. One never ties of looking at it. We are going out today in a fly. Aunt [H?] is going to call in Kemptown which is on the East cliff. I am sorry to say the from us [?]. I hope, however, to get a [keep, peep?] at the Lyons. I daresay I shall have tired you with my long description of Brighton but I will leave this open till we come back as I may have something to tell you and the post does not go out till nine. The weather is so bad we cannot get out. The wind has risen very much and the waves and breakers are very fine indeed. I hope the weather will change to [fine?] it id des not I fear Aunt H will leave tomorrow which I shall be [loth, loath?] to do as I have not yet had my fill of sea and sea air. Ever dear by your most affectionate sister, Posy.
If you write French as you had better, do not put yourself out to write. I know you are so busy and I can tell you after our trip.
File PB1010066
Part of letter from Posy to one of the sisters who was having a baby?
Continues ...air to Hadfield they have not heard from Mr Ainslie and I suppose he is out of town. They have asked Scott Gifford instead. Lady Lyn is getting quite cured of her sickness, going about in [cars?] as if she had nothing the matter with her, cutting jokes with the natives. Adel says William going on very well. What a blessing it will be if Lady L is cured. Tell dearest [Frania?] privately that they tell me the it would want a hood. I was going to make the mantle bit as it [would?] want a cloak Louisa horrid girl has bespoken it. But shall I make it. A little short frock. Caps are gone out for babs the Dr says they are better without. Do please Mrs Mother say what you want and I will make it. Nobody has any message. Love of course understood. I am as stupid as can be so will only add but love to this though I hope dear Frannies cold is better.
Every loving sister,
Posy.
File PB1010068
Letter from Posy in Munichon way back to UK after Oberammergau. Monday 25th Sept 1871
Munich
Monday 25th evening.
Dearest Gies,
Thank you for your letter received here with all the dear home news. I hear through Fr that the Corbets are going to ask us to stay with them on their way home but A and I agree we could not possibly, but must fly straight to our homes. Bye the way, we saw 3 eagles. I saw 4! 2 [today?] and they did fly so proudly. We have had a most interesting and delightful journey. The [Inuglon?] was grand in spite of mountains being covered, but after we crossed the highest point it was splendid, such a gorge and then the bursting of Italy upon ones view. With the Mountains in such soft glorious colours it put me in mind of clouds of [evening russet?] and it [poily?] gave me the feeling of strength and gentleness [?] [Italy?] of heaven and Angels and then our day on Lake Maggiore! And then on to Milan where Mr B put us in the Duomo![?] And the Cenaedo and the Rosera. Then a great national fete in honour of Rome unity with Italy in the [?] square at night. Then St.[Ambrogio?] in the morning and a rush to the station. Then the journey to Veronaover those flat places on the right and Mountains on the left. And Verona the [proud?] old Italian town, its intensely R.C. churches. Then the Jura and next morning the glorious journey through and over the [Brennan?] Pass and wonderful Innsbruck which we had not time to see except as a coup doiel. And then oh such a lovely [voituring?] journey to Ober Ameragau and the stream of pilgrims and the [house, town?] like Jerusalem crowded and the finding our lodgings and our hospitable reception with Gold Grusse Dick. And then meeting the Christus and hearing people say, have you seen him, what do you think of him and then the Play. I will say nothing of it here. It is wonderful in its contrasts. The Art of the arrangements, the beauty of the representation, you can not call it acting. It is so real. The Music is lovely and very fairly given. What strikes me most is the marvelous way or trick the Christus towers over all the rest of the men. How he seems above them unlike, unlike them, and yet, how one feels [it?] was far the beyond all that the most perfect representation that men can give. And I think perhaps taken all in all, no more perfect representation could be given the way in which the man Joseph Mair was utterly [Lingli?] lost in the [Xtus?] and the way in which he seemed as if he was carrying some sacred holy [vase?] with interest, reverence bringing it before us to adore and worship. There were things at the time which one did not like which seemed absurd if not quite childish. But now all that has passed away and the impression remains of a great vision, The women failed utterly in my mind, the virgin [Franziska Flunger] especially who was apparently quite affected gave one the effects at least, and one could not help feeling the difference between the imaginary character and the Real. But I will not say any more. I must tell you. It grows upon you. We slept that night at Ober Amergau and on at 5 this morning. Poor dear Annie caught a cold in her face and was really ill, but I hope by care and doctoring will soon be better. I am afraid that the journey has been a little to much for her. I shall try and persuade M.B. to stay on here a few days and give her a [Mnepegle? Meaningful?] rest. And we go on to Bale as we intended on Wednesday. A tells me the [Rollseter?] told her that all the dresses, scenes, arrangements are entirely imagined[?] and made at Ober Amergau. I tried to get the [names?] but it is not permitted. I am so glad that the school feast went off well and of news about P. of W. [Prince of Wales] and D. of E. [Duke of Edinburgh] and P.M. of Teck [Princess Mary of Teck] was at [O.A.?] yesterday.
So Arti is at sea again, [dear fellow?] I am so glad that he has a good Ad [Admiral?]. So sorry not to have known Gt Fred and wife are at [Genoa?] The people here are barely civil when you speak [French?] and even seem to hate the money and [?] the soldiers look as if they were somebodies, such a fine manly set of faces you see. [French?] faces look so poor in comparison. Heaps of young [English?] at the table dhote of 120 they looked so nice and with plenty of stuff but undeveloped. The others look as if they had a well [turing?] [sad?] acted and [done, dour?] and ours as if they could and would when occasion called and then as A says, such gentlemen, but do per contra what intensely vulgar things in every sense is a vulgar [Ouglisher, Englisher?] Such as we had a party of men and women , a rich old shopkeeper, wife and sister-in-law and the only son [on Bat! ?] Now dearest all good night. All being well we leave by the 12 train forLondon4 [nights??] [Harecastle?] [shanks?] we be glad to see you all again but oh we have seen and enjoyed [visit?] Your loving Posy.
I got C.Ps. photo and also some feathers for L at Mirnace. Lemons from some - - what we have seen is a fine town.
File PB1010070
Letter from Posy to Georgina. Letterhead from Linley Wood.
Saturday 25th [1880s 1890s]
Darling Gies,
I enclose the kids [book?] for Richard. Harvey said directly why has not the General man exhibit his potatoes. F should send some flower arrangements, do make her. This morning to Harveys and our vexation to find 4 strawberries gone. Have not found out delinquents, so provoking as it may prevent us having a pretty little dish for Mrs Lawton and Adam who came Tuesday afternoon. And we are going to ask Mrs and Mr Hutchin. The Jacksons lunch went off very well and I think they enjoyed it. Mr J fears things have gone too far for a reconciliation to be possible. It seems so sad. And of course there can be none unless the younger one makes the apology. We have had nothing particular happen except Kilditch refused his field. They have tied [Verum?] and [Rossom?] and neither will, or rather, can in their small holding so there was nothing for it but making the sacrifice per bonum. Of that bit near Thans land, so L settled it yesterday. They have the promise of it only for a year. The continuance depends on good behaviour. They promise to keep all fruit &c to themselves so my Gies you and Buxton will have to console yourself with the virtue of the deed! I know you were quite ready it should be so if necessary. The reason is getting on so far that if something were not settled immediately why the young man would go off to the Public house clubs. Mama and I called at Lawton yesterday and saw the two ladies only who is not so lovely as he was and brought back Middle March. The book I remember it name. Please tell Francia that the gardener thinks he can give her a well established plant of Chrysanthemum. He could not advise the mauve [Annerasia?] In fact they were a little of a sore point with him. The cows were out yesterday and looked enjoying themselves. All things are apparently going on well. This lovely weather must make them. I know you are enjoying yourself dear. My dear love to you all.
Your loving
Posy.
Fruske very well. But has rather taken to retiring from society.
File PB1010072
Religious transcription in purple pen.
File PB1010074
Letter to Georgina from Posy?
Linley Wood
July 19th.
My dearest Georgy,
It was a great relief to read your and Mrs Harpers letters this morning as I was much uneasy about your eye, and even now I am afraid that I must gather that it will not make such a perfect cure as the other one has. But one must remember that two years more of age and gone such[?] accident even with you! Must be expected to make some difference in your strength of constitution. Posy and I thought that you would like with us to send the [nsnch belys?] clock[?] to Molly as they are not wealthy people like the Cuthbert Hs [Heaths]. P. wished me to choose though she was gone and Steinmaan has sent lovely ones to choose from, one specially from India which he wrote to recommend for that climate and though I fear P and [Jon?] will think it rather (very?) extravagant I and Hillson could not resist it 3.18.0. I am quite willing to pay any difference you and P may think too much, only I know you 2 naughty sisters will make a bother about my doing this!!! Yesterday I went down to call at Rode[?] and [F?] would keep me till after tea and I had a very pleasant visit. But heard nothing to repeat. Today is account day. Thursday [Line?] day. And counting through the lists over and over to be sure. That Mr MacH has sent in for the School Tent, writing to [Arnor?] for the cards wanted. We have 150 left from last year. To Skerrett to come on Monday for orders. And heaps of other little letters. I hope to do better by you in letter way tomorrow my G. I feel in a panic now for that [hound?] and luncheon bell is going. Gone. And back again. Goodbye my sweet G. Till tomorrow. You will like to hear. Enclosed but love to you and all kind words to Mrs Harper.
Your L. [Louisa Marsh-Caldwell]
File PB1010076
Part of letter from Posy in Switzerland 1870s
Saturday 26th August 1971
I refer you to As [Annie] letter as to what they saw and did. We joined a society in the Salon, a charming old Swiss lady with a deformed lady, a German [ditto] with two nice English girls of 14 and 15. A young German Swiss gentleman. They, A[Annie] and Mrs W [Winterhalter?] joined the game they were playing but I soon insisted on bed. Lightning began to flash and far far distant thunder. In bed, candle out. Aunt Posy my sheets are damp up in a [two?] sheets off, my waterproof laid under her and a dry coverted and blanket over and soon asleep. Lightning flashing quicker and quicker, thunder nearing and then a splendid storm as if all les Diables were [having?] a grand match of thunder and lightening amongst those [Carrew?] Peaks, its tallest splendidly amongst them. I got up to look at the lightning but it was too vivid. A. [Annie?] slept through all. At [3? 12?] oclock it died away but it was a thing to have experienced. M.B. arrived after we were all in bed.
Sunday 27th August 1871 - Next morning he was there breakfast. And of course then we attended the English service, we ladies but Mr [Dark, Dank?] was gone, a fairest sermon. Then to carriages, drive, if possible more beautiful, Mdlle, M. A.W. and I in Corbeille [a basket carriage?], the rest in another carriage but good bye to Ws [Winterhalters] who went from Aigle to Lausanne. M.B. [Portmans?] together they had to turn back and [we?] saw no more of them [bottom of page ripped off?] is at the Salines. The Valley of the Rhone was gay with people walking about chars full of them, a Sir left to Salins about 4 oclock and sat in gardens and watched people. At 6 we all started, we ladies in the Corbaille. M.B. and W in a char with luggage and woundings[?] the valley in the gloaming home to find in the brightly lighted dining room M.B. who had got out and walked on. M. and Mlle [Jules?] Marquet and heavy Mr Pierre and now will begin social chapter 2 and as they are kindly waiting for me until I have finished this I will stop. Dear love to you all dearest Mama, L and G. And love to Croftons.
Estoppet tells his wife A. is like a chamois.
Your loving Posy.
File PB1010078
Letter from Louisa at Linley Wood to Georgina, scrawly difficult to read writing. Time of Loring/Royds wedding
26th May [1882?]
Darling Georgy,
Now it is only wanting [waiting?] 20 minutes to 5 oclock and I have literally not had a moment to write to yet, only I fell asleep for abut 15 minutes after luncheon. Thursday Ascension Day Church accounts, farm arrangements and ditto ditto for starting tomorrow for Powyke. Such a lot of things to do and to put away and all the House to be cleaned during our absence. P [Posy] goes Saturday to Anstie and does not [mind?] a bit for being left [down?] for that [spree?] as I should not [wittal?] should you? Our John [Loring] comes back from [Brereton?] tonight where he has been since last Monday and he goes with me to [Praghe?] tomorrow and back to his work at Cirencester on Monday. You dear letter arrived this morning, your 2nd from [Regusa?] They are all so delightful and I dont think we have missed one. But I am afraid that you must consider a beast with horns, and yet we have always written when we had a chance. I do so hope that you may find our [Cettaro and Citinge?] letters. However you will be wanting to hear about home. John was off early on Monday morning at the Farm[?] at 6.45 and went off with Buxton to look at some [kiv?] at Betley [Court] and returned before luncheon. He home [Ldly?] and Buxton to beast which they had bought at 8.15.0 each. So now they have 10 of your own in the [lay?]and about 14 or 15 [Legthings?] [descale horses?] and Buxton thinks that they may still light on a few more Leg things. The calves are all gone now and there is such a flow of milk that Mrs Buxton finding it difficult to get rid of it all and not like to waste it has begun to make cheese! She says she has made little ones already and for the 1st time this morning [jean gave?] I saw a nice little white [card] cheese in the box this morning she has borrow the and clothe and [lin bneders?] all for small cheese from Ducketts and Mrs Holland at the [Bank?] Farm. We are expecting our Jack back this evening and as we got 245 from Alsager no doubt he will [waz?] down in the morning he has always been down before half 8, but of course, since the engagement he has been more at Brereton than with us. But darling Georgy no doubt all is well and very well but or course in a manner we lose our John. He belongs to them now and not to us. But it is delightful seeing him so bright and happy. So very happy and all those dear worthy people also and he his received so warmly, like a [boon?] amongst them all. When Mr and Mrs Royds and May and Netty all came over last Saturday for a kind of still [?] luncheon I told Mrs Royds about [wirtured?] John had told them that he had been there and they fear that he has missed getting in. Mrs Royds thanked me so much for telling her and begged I [would?] myself say all that I have done to her to Mr Royds. She did not mind it at at all. And Mr Royds understood it all more thoroughly. And I am sure liked him all the better for it and says[?] it all, the [light? He left?] the Cadets and the [Prussian?] Emperor saw it and indeed I am sure as [good, from?] Sir L Simmonds but he thanked me so much for telling him, and says if it had come to him round about he might have been [praised, pressed?] and thought something had been had from him. Now he knows all about it, for I told him all we knew. He said at the age we might not have acted as he did but any young man with boys honour could not have done otherwise. He said he should like very much to see Captain [McLouds, Mellands?] letter (naturally as it seems to me) but John was angry with me for having mentioned it and as Nele [said?] did not see the thing in the right light. However, Nettie got his [leade?] and I gave it to her. And she put it in her pocket! TheHutchinsons two girls and Mr G came in to tea. You know how [loathe?] I was to forgive this [scrawl?] but I have asked to find it and it is difficult while they are all talking. And I am so stupid! I am so ashamed but I [cant?] find an [item?] for comment think what a pleasure your letters are. I wish you could. Mrs [Jots?] has asked us to an afternoon but we shall all be away. [May, They?] told of having all the principle servers now at St.Scheves[?] but we dont know how the [Parent, Priest?] will [deliver?] My love and blessing to you darling G. I will send for our Fs dear letter. I dont think it will be over. Perhaps it may, no I wont. Fanny Loring wants to write toyou and I have sent her your address today. Ever your L. [Louisa Marsh-Caldwell]
Love to B.
File PB1010082
Letter to Georgina
Linley Wood
19th March
Dearest Georgina,
I enclose your Johns letter. I hope I have found and sent the right one dear. What can I say dearest. The anxiety must be and will be unceasing till he comes to see things differently. [two lines scribbled out] I hope the party has gone off well. The charming Bishop went off this morning. The Crofton, two Wilbrahams and Rosamond Lawton still here. Bertram had to go off last evening for an appointment. The Bishop does work hard. And they say he is certainly over 70. [a great bit scribbled out] well. He left Lichfield at 7.30 on Saturday morning and after being somewhere else confirmed and left Mowcop at about 1. Went on straight form there to Talk othe Hill, confirmed [conformed?] there, then interviewed Mr Wickham
Walking about in the grounds here to do so. Came into till 5 or tea. A dinner of 14 where he was charming and agreeable. Started at 9.30 yesterday in the morning. Instructed[?] at Warburton then went on to Newcastle. Confirmed [conformed?] there. Then to Chesterton, confirmed there and did not get here till past 9 oclock to dinner. Has started at 9.30 this morning (he did [his?] prayers so beautifully) goes first to Keele, then to Betley, then to [Goldenhall?], all confirmations. And sleeps at Trentham! Out horses fetched him from MowCop on Saturday to Talke. Yesterday did all for him. And today we have put horses for him in our carriage. And we [left?] him finally at Golden [Halls?] from thence he goes by rail to Trentham. He made many [fears?] about today but evidently did enjoy the smooth carriage instead of a rattling fly. And P and I thought it not too much to do for [ones, Ms?] Bishop who works so hard and takes no [stell, stock?] upon himself. Not even a servant with him. [Bertie, Bikie?] has gone with him today to take care of the carriage which I thought better. Dear I am thinking of John and am stupid. I will write very soon again. Mr Bile has drawn 39 from us, this account
He has been having [invopetive?] of his salary at the rate of nearly £500 a year from us this year and dedicating this Drawing Party[?] he calculates £150 more for the year as his needs. I told him he really must spread his charges more evenly over the year. P [Posy] approves of all I said as [F?] put it. We have our £180 in Bank. I hope he will pay in the Derby. I told him to, before [your letter?]. Goodbye my [Clube?] Your loving sympathizing L. [Louisa Marsh-Caldwell]
File PB1010084
Part of letter from Georgina to Stamford. Pre 1858
Continues ...be obliged to leave this and of course do not wish to do so before it is necessary. We have persuaded Mama to go to the Heaths for a short time which they have often asked her to do. So we hope she goes next week. The Buxtons and Croftons came over from Fox Warren and Cobham on Saturday and the Greenwoods from London and we had a very happy day. Only there was a fog which completely hid the view, which was very hard upon us. Charles declares he is so proud of having two Colonels for cousins having been so long without any military connections. Richard and Sir Thomas Troubridge the he longs to let the world know the important event. Emily looks very pretty but very thin. Richard had been to the Horse Guards and found them all there most indignant at Captain Vivians motion about the C.in C. the Duke of Cambridge was most irate and said he should most certainly resign and so he found them at Aldershott where Posy and I went on Monday to spend a day with Mary Riordan. Captain Riordan says that he hears the Militia [regiments?] are to be sent to the Mediterranean and the Colonies to return the regulars there that they may go on toIndia. They say the accounts from the private letters from thence are very bad and discouraging. Yesterday Mama and I went to [Liutr? Swinton] with the Jos. Wedgwoods. There was nobody there but a neighbouring clergy man and his wife and Mrs Charles Darwin who enquired much after you. She had her two girls and three out of her six boys with her. Charles Darwin is deep in some philosophical book that he is writing. Leith Hill is a very nice place though the house is ugly and what an agreeable charming person Mrs Wedgwood is. I suppose you hear from Louisa and with more news than we have to tell you in our country retirement dear Uncle Caldwell but please take the will for the deed.
And believe me ever your very affectionate niece
Georgina A. Marsh
[in pencil at bottom] Richard ensure his life
PB 1010086
Part of letter from Georgina to Stamford 1853/4
Continues.. Mary had four letters from her husband on Saturday. He has been appointed harbour master in Balaclava bay by Sir E. Lyons who has expressed his satisfaction at the way in which he has performed that duty. He has managed to park so many vessels into the bay which is small though [such?] a good one. He tells Mary he is in such a state of excitement that he feels as if he could never read a book again. He says I again walked up the lines today (Oct 12th) it is a good 7 miles and the whole road is occupied by the various vehicles carrying up things to the camp. There are bullock wagons with Tartar drivers caught here and paid daily wages, bullock wagons and Turkish drivers brought from [Varum?] mule carts from Malta and artillery wagons carrying shot and shell or other weapons of destruction. Then you occasionally meet an Aid-de-camp at a sharp canter or an officer of the line at a slower pace returning to his camp from Bala Klava where he has been purchasing a bit of cheese or a bottle of brandy, perhaps a bar of yellow soap or a [A?] of candles and he looks quite triumphant as he passes you with his prize. You can have no idea of the appearance of a campaigning soldier. They wear no shirts and their full dress coats which a few months ago were the lighting up of a garrison ball room are now a dull blotting paper colour and full of holes and the epaulettes are a dingy brown and generally all fagged out at the edges of the bullion. Monmouth St would be ashamed of having such things hanging up in it. To another part he says that he is quite astonished at the works the Russians have thrown up. They have had 2000 men continually employed and have now enclosed the whole town which on our arrival was quite open with a network of formidable looking batteries. He says the weather was still beautiful and the troops getting a portion of their tents given to them. I wish they had them all for the nights are cold. And the dews[?] are so very heavy that they wake with their clothing wringing wet. Everything is very dear there. Hams 3 pounds a piece. Pepper and salt equally dear in proportion. Colonel [Gorblingston?] writes word he has not had his clothes off for 28 days. And always sleeps in boot etc. I hope you will not be tired with these long extracts from Leos letters dear Uncle Caldwell. I hope that you are in good health. Has not dear Linley Wood been in great beauty this autumn. We had no letters from home last mail so I can only hope that all is well. I am going in to [Honian, Florian?] to fetch the Croftons this afternoon.
Believe me your very affectionate niece,
Georgina A. Marsh.
PB1010088
Letter from Louisa in Switzerland on holiday to Posy, as usual very scrawly difficult to read.
Marchlingen
Monday
My dearest Posy,
This morning at a little before 5 we were round at Bluemenstern and were back on our way home at 20 minutes before six. We have just had something to eat and now I write to thank you dear for your interesting letter and to ask you to thank dearest Mamma and Georgy for theirs. I have not yet seen M de Pinnie [Sinnec?] so as to be able to give him Mammas message with which I am sure he will be charmed as he does not of our party. And will you thank her so much for me for sending it as well as for her dear letter and tell Georgy with also many thanks for her [kind?] trouble about my affairs that I wrote by return of post from the Legation at [Dibenham?] but that if she could not much to save time that I am so sure her judgment in this matter would be mine that I should feel so much obliged to her if she could act for me. Of course I told [Debenham?] to advertise. L will you please send these letters of mine on to Fanny. She says she should not mind hearing from me in this way. A you can, I am sure, by no means conceive how difficult it is for me to get letter writing in. I want so much to hear if Blanche out is yet have found it impossible to do so. I will now begin.
On Tuesday Charlie, Evie and I went to Bergdorf. C. to fish, Evie and I to see the place and sketch. It is an old Signenrial[?] castle of old times, on a high [lval?] with one of Switzerlands ever running streams of water at its base, it has three or four old towers all crowned with the same high roofs which are the grace of the country. [sketch of castle] tiled with red tiles. Evie and I broke our hearts over trying to sketch them and then at the appointed hour met Charlie again at the little inn where they where they were so late giving the dinner that we missed the train and so had to wait till 7 oclock, and so employed the time in talking as hard as possible about Hamlet, Shakespeare and [generals?] and spirit powers. [Therefrom?] it turned to pouring rain and we had to paddle through dimly lighted ghostly [Berne?] to find Cs carriage when we arrived at the train station.
On Tuesday E and went to [morning?] tea with some cousins of Cecil S who live at [Berehenbach?] which several years ago was the country seat of Eilachs. Baron de Eilach was one of the [red set?] noblesse of Berne and fought and won the battle of [Lauren?] against the Austrians (I think) or was it Charles the Bold? Now we [sc won?] the old chateau was burnt down nearly 500 years ago and the present built upon it. It is close down to the banks of the impetuous [passionate?] [Arur?] with [Lords?] hanging all round it. The house has a large old hall with a gallery running around it and a fountain ever playing in it. The drawing room with its [dress?] bay windows over hanging the Anau (perching) is the Chateau is on a rock above it, and all paneled with fine old walnut and for or [Dews?] 15th time let in to the panels for our high tea which is what the [Sressione?] we had in form and order to go marshaled down neat wide passages walled and broad worn stone stairs with no carpets. Like and old castle of old we go into the dining room before and as in passage the kitchen, I saw it, was a high vaulted room which would have served for the Autre of Get Poles robbers. The present proprietor whose forefathers this place has belonged for many generations brews and sells beer to Berne in this way trying to make up for the subdivision of the property which in this country seems to serve as a perpetual means of keeping everybody what we should call, poor. I mean amongst the gentry.
On Thursday we went a drive. C. Cecil, Evie and I to see another old village castle and call upon some other cousin at a little, small but pretty campagne, but the husband was out and we only saw his wife. He had been ejected from the Bernese Church for some scruple on his part, as ever the wife of such men seems to have a little look of martyrdom about them some way. Dont they? If they sympathise and support their husbands in his conscience fight. Afterwards we drove on to Admiral [Harris?] (the Minister here) I had a long talk and walk with Mrs Harris and both of [her?] and daughters and husband are most civil and kind in their manner, at least to speak for myself. I must not forget to tell Mamma how much Emilia Wyndham is known and admired by the Swiss [taelco, people?] and I am made to use a little tail[?] of my own (from the reflected glory of her Lyonism) I am sure Mamma dear, would be pleased and flattered if she was to know how much this her work is admired and so I tell them.
On Friday no end of people called and in the evening Mr Lumley, our Minister here and Charlies new Chief came to tea. And Admiral Harris is promoted to the Hague so he comes in his place. He has been nine years Secretary of Legation at St.Petersburg. A man of 49, looks older and of the regular F.O. [Foreign Office] type like Scott Gifford and the rest of them, without jolly laughing and seemingly good natured. With [brains?] sufficiently. He wanted to arrange with M.Charnec to whom the Legation belongs to take it on from him, and M.C. lives at a beautiful place between Belumensteed and Thun so it was arranged that we should start on Saturday afternoon and drove him there in Charlies carriage. Cecile, Erie and I being of the party. [Almendingen?] is about 20 or 30 miles from here and the drive one of the most beautiful which can be well imagined with most of the way a whole view of the Bernese Alps, see X and in all the burnished colours of an evening sun. It was getting dusk when we got to Almendingen which was formely an old convent now done up and standing on a sweet little lakelet of its own. While Mr Lumley was arranging his affairs with M. Charnec we [took Friece?] daughters went with us on the lake one rowing us with Charlie while the other talked [Caplet?] English to me. They were quite nice girls. After a the usual hospitable tea, leaving Mrs Lumley there on his way back toParis. We all move to Blumenstern , a land of Swiss [bad?] nestling close under the [Stocktronen?] range. [while?] there we spent a most charming Sunday. In the morning a little service of our own in the mountains and then later one from an English clergyman who with many more [Bulesters?] was staying there in a summer [swafe?] and then a glorious lightening and thunder storm at night, to no ill for us, and a drive home on [Planise?] this morning. All so so beautiful. Goodbye dearest Posy. I hope all went well at dear Linley Wood. My best of love to Mamma and G. You too. Dearest Fanny . Much loving L [Louisa Marsh-Caldwell]
File PB 1010090
Letter from Georgina at Eastbury to Stamford at Linley Wood
Eastbury [early 1850s]
4th December
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
We have had a sick household for nearly the last three weeks. First one and then another, so that Louisa has been ill and then Aunt Me, and then Louisa again and they have only started this morning which they should have done more than a fortnight ago. This is the reason dear Uncle Caldwell, that Louisa has not written to you and she asked me this morning to write and tell you that she should do so as soon as she reached Stonehouse. But Aunt Me, who heard her give the message says she shall not allow her to write till she is well rested. There came a letter from you [towards?] this morning which I have forwarded to her. I hope that you are well in spite of this cold and changeable weather which seems had everybody so much harm. We expect the Croftons and their children next week. Richards sister Alice sends me word that she things Amy will be a beauty.
Ever dear Uncle Caldwell
Your very affectionate niece
GeorginaA. Marsh.
File 1010092
Part of letter from Georgina to Stamford.
Continues... certainly, having brother-in-law in different professions. Rose goes to the Buxtons today to spend a few days at Fox Warren. We are to meet at Newlands Corner and have luncheon there. Sir H.H. was there yesterday and Emily was going to take him down to see Adelaide, who does not seem to us very satisfactory. The Lorings leave home today. Henry takes them to Southampton and leaves his wife and children at [Rodleys?] Hotel while he goes on to Swanage to look for a house. Do you know which of Mrs Jos. Wedgwoods sisters are so alarmingly ill that she could not come to a party near here last Thursday? We have not heard but hope it may be Mrs [Parker, Packer?] as she, poor thing, seems to be suffering so very much. We have not seen anything of them at Leigth Hill for a long time. Mrs Hutton with Henry Crompton and one of the girls all going to Cromer this summer. We hear no news down here at all worth retailing. J.W. Sapte [who married Caroline Gifford] told me that he heard from his brother who is an Indian civilian that our soldiers were melting away like snow in India from the climate. There does not seem so much talk of war with France now, though Caroline said when she passed through all were expecting it. Aunt Anne never says a word about politics in her letters.
I hope your [tie, toe?] is better dear Uncle Caldwell and that you have been able to enjoy your terrace this lovely summer. We expect my mother back home tomorrow.
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
Your very affectionate niece,
Georgina A. Marsh.
File PB1010094
Georgina Marsh-Caldwells ticket or schedule for Europe
Has Mary in pencil at top
Kolnische
Gesellschaft
Basel-Koln-London
II Platz Retour fur Eine Person
Von Porz nachKoln
Wesseling
Bonn
Plittersdorf
Konigswinter
Rolandseck-Nonnenwerth
Unkel
Linz
Breisig-Brohl
Andernach
Neuwied
Engers
Coblenz
Braubach
Boppard
St.Goar
[Reverse side]
Die Reise kann nach Belieben angetreien, desgeir chen unter Anzeige an den Kondukteur unterbrochen warden. Dies Personablbillet muss dem Kondukteur auf
Verlangen jedesmal vorgezeigt warden: ebenso dem Agenten beim Abgange vom Schiffe. Continues
File PB1010096
Letter to Louisa from Posy 1871
26 Rue de P.
Friday 12th
Dearest Louisa,
Thanks for your letter which I was so glad to [get?].I will with pleasure do dear Mrs Edens commissions. I am not sure that I can get the [bonet, sorel, sonnet?] as the [lud?] shops are in the quays. A [fish, friend?] tells me there is one near the Grand Opera, a good one so I can get the [Luds?] Will you tell her with my dear love and thanks that I shall go on straight to Anstie so shall not need to [have?] her most kind hospitality. We come via Dover and reach Victoria Station at 5.30. Would you come for your things and then I shall have the great pleasure of seeing you dear. Today Annie and I are going down to the Assembly. Yesterday we had a little dinner party which was very interesting and wherein I learnt much of the present state of French society, which if anything, is worse than before the war. And the corruption in the French Army owing to their system of promotion. Also the crass ignorance of the officers. Had they known the geography of their own country [Sedan?] never could have happened. And the utter want of moral teaching in their R.C. religion. I lunched in the morning with a friend of Mary Hawkins [Mary Greenwood, then Helsham-Jones], an English lady, La [Vunulesse de Lisuancelher?], her husband was a Portuguese and [Nujuelite?]. In the afternoon Annie and I went off to Belleville and heard a most interesting account from a charming Scotch lady, a Miss Carr. The distress is very great, actual deaths from starvation have taken place and the distress is beginning to touch those who were in better circumstances. They hate the R.C. priests because through the confessional and children they get at and betrayed the Communard. Many of whom were forced by the leaders in peril of their lives to join for sometime. No priests dared show himself, now they are venturing again. The R.C. system is to keep the people ignorant and to shake terror into them. The people are remarkably intelligent and wont bear it. The Democrats are diligently circulating excellent instructive books at 2 sous the volume to educate them. But the R.C.s think[?] the Marshule [?] have the upper hand and very uneven justice is being meted out between them and the Protestants on all sides. I hear McM [Mac-Mahon] is incapable, ruled by Broglie who is a Jesuit and [rude, mde?]. Certainly the faces of the Bellevilluls[?] we saw were a pleasant as you could wish to see, clean and intelligent, far superior to our White chapel [crowd?] and Miss Carr as far as her experience goes, in intelligence they are far superior. They say the Versaillais shot them down innocent or guilty nimporte. Was dreadful and only a fortnight ago a man who had been [tried?] before and acquitted and was innocent was taken up again contrary to the French law, tried again, condemned and sent off to New Caledonia. A married man with a family. In vain his Pasteur appealed [better?] French law witnessed to his innocence. The Judge would not listen, on se demande if he had been an R.C. would it have been so! I hope dear you will like what I have got for you. One of these new fashioned [paruses?] in the [bugled, bright?] blond which are la grande mode just now. Cost 14frs. Yes I think [Mut?] set is intellectually dead! Like the republicans here, as M.B. [Monsieur Bergeron] says, they are in an orniere of absolute dead ideas out of which they cannot pass. My dear love to you all. I go to Anstie until Thursday week I think.
Your loving Posy.
I come back more intensely anti-R.C. than I went. Its [priests?] are terrible.
File PB1010098
Pencil letter
Talke Church
A [corse?] agreement will be [finalized, finedalin?] by Rev R.W. Corbet minister preacher Recen uptoke upon termShropshire
Oon - - beginning on Monday evening A1st 1813
Subject of course
- - -
There will be a short service of a few prayers and hymns before such service.
[next page]
Subjects.
File PB 1010100
Ink written letter with pencil calculations on left.
46 Lincoln Inn Fields
11th September 1876
Dear Madam,
We have received from Mr Stringer Bale a proposed Draft of a Conveyance to Mr John Evans of another plot of your Alsager l and consisting of 292 square yards and immediately adjoining the plot sold to Mr Thorp. The purchase money is £51.3.0 and the stipulations as to user of the land are similar to those contained in the Conveyance to Mr Thorpe. We have told Mr String Bates that we must have a Certificate from Mr Samuel Bate that the purchase money is adequate and in other respects the sale a proper one and that we would write to you for your approbation.
Will you be so good as to let me know of if you and your sister approve of the proposed sale.
I am, dear Madam
Faithfully yours.
[Llowefn?] L. Wynne
Miss G.A. Marsh-Caldwell.
Pencil calculations
4840
7
3408
585
34495
3
103,485
27,247 / 12
12073.2
6536.12.6
File PB1010102
Pencil notes, very sketchy list of names? Stamfords notes for his
Will? Pre 1858
J-- Musgrave
Emma Holland
- - - shall take and continue to have the name of Caldwell and comply with the conditions of my Will and to his male issue and in default or such issue to his the same conditions - - and to Personnal--- his male issue [next page] my - - to have the interesting in from all my personal property for the possessor of Linley Wood under my Will but with no power to alienate any part of such [property?] except as directed by my Will or my Codicil that except in any case which my Trusttees my thing [really?] - - and [demolish?] for the business - -and the then possessor of Linley Wood.
-Stamford Caldwell.
- Nov. 6 1855
- The contents of this proper and by Will and [wosh?] Draft
Landed estates wherein situated to Mr C. Roscoe for his life.
(but [Espuply?]on condition that he is engaged in no Partnership nor is liable to the Bankrupt Laws)
Then to Eliza Louisa Marsh (eldest daughter of my sister Anne Marsh for her life.)
Then to such son of Emily May Buxton, daughter of my dear
File PB1010106
Letter to Stamford from Mary Heath. Blue horse head letterhead.
March 26th. [1857]
Mersham Bittern
Southampton
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
It is some time since I have given you any news of our branch of the family. Louisa assures me that you do like sometimes to hear of all your various nieces, but I can hardly bring myself to inflict a note upon you, nevertheless. Perhaps you may have heard that my husband was appointed to Melampus on this new Coast Guard Service. A very good thing as it counts sea time and also keeps him with me at home. He was to have been stationed at Newhaven but there was to be some alterations made in the harbour which it was not convenient for Government to spend £37,000 upon so we were sent here, a much better plan I think, as Southampton is a very pleasant place. I do not know if you have ever been in these parts but it is very pretty and further inland I daresay very charming. Melampus is in the water 4 miles from the town close to Hamble, and we have a house up here at Bittern. The healthiest spot about and very suitable in many respects to us. The house is large enough and the garden very pretty. As to view I shall never see anything so pretty as I think Moorhurst but then it is ones own which makes things appear twice as pretty as they may be in reality. My two little chicks are getting on nicely. Arthur has begun his letters, 2 years and old and is a little rascal. And Marion the baby is I think a large specimen of the race and very good humoured, blue eyes and dark hair. Captain Heath spends most of the day with me. He has breakfast at eight and is away at his ship and generally home again by one for the rest of the day, when we can go and walk or call or shop at Southampton. The neighbours seem very friendly inclined and I hope we may spend a happy 3 years here as it would be tiresome to have to move again, unless to Newhaven, which would be nearer my part of the country. But at the same time swampy, so I daresay we are well where we are put. Captain Heath has been round his district,Kent and Sussex once with the Commodore to be introduced and has to visit every place once in the quarter. He will be away and be back once out of every month which is great things for me. I suppose in the summer I shall be going with him. It would be very amusing as part of the country is very wild through which he has to go. Believe me ever your affectionate niece, M.E. Heath
PB1010108
Part of letter
1851 Lord Alfords death.
[Page] 2
Continues the Park [Arbury Hall] has a fine piece of water with old [lashinid?] cascades which in summer they say must be very pretty. The stables are magnificent, built by Sir Christopher Wren and in fine order, horses being Mr Newdigates hobby, he calling them his children. They heard a good deal about Lord Northampton whilst they were there. Mr Newdigate had a letter from Lady Marianne Alford a few days before his death saying that though so much shaken by Lord Alfords death that they had advised him not to attend the funeral and that he was gone home in consequence. There was nothing else to fear but it proved otherwise and he died a few days afterwards. He had never recovered his wifes death, now some years ago and this second blow was too much for him. He was most deeply attached to his son-in-law who was a most charming person in every way. I was at Mrs Brownes the day before I left London and she told me that her brother-in-law, Lord Radstock had been at her house the day before on his return from the Bishop of Londons at Fulham, who had told him that Mr Dodsworth had resigned his living upon some question of the Queens supremacy and as Mrs Browne understood, gone over to the Roman Church. He contrasted very disadvantageously to Mr Bennet, his conduct with what he called the handsome manner in which Mr Dodsworth had acted giving him no bother or trouble. Lord Radstock said that the Bishop looked completely worn out. Mrs Dodsworth is, they say, in the deepest distress as far from participating in the feelings of her husband she is rather...
Continues?
File PB 1010100
Part of letter, same writer as previous?
1850-1852 when W. Roscoe a lawyer.
[Page] 3
Continues ...your nephews. First upon Baron Rolfe being made Vice Chancellor, the second being in Latin I leave to your mercy as not being learned in that language.
Lord John has done a goods things in a trice,
The honouring virtue and dishonouring vice. Asan
Cum Sapiente Pins nostras juravitin
Tempins nic Sapiens insiprensgue Pins
The bad spelling of the Latin must be put down to my account should there be any. I have heard since I last wrote to you that William Roscoe was successful in Liverpool in committing a small boy to punishment whom he convicted of petty larceny. A Mr Morris, a friend of Mr John Allens and also in the Colonial Office was down here last Saturday and Sunday and being a great Bernetite as well as Mrs Eden the religious controversies of the day were well discussed and partys ran very high in the small community on the occasion. By the way this same Mr Morris told us a most curious story of Miss Morrison and which as we cannot doubt his veracity one can only believe and not the least understand. I must premise by saying that he says he does not himself the least understand the subject and has rather a dislike to the whole thing. He was however, staying at a house in the country where for amusement the thing was being carried on and he thought one day he would try upon his sister whom to his surprise he put to sleep most perfectly. This he did afterwards once or twice more for amusement than anything else and one day when he had put her into this state he thought he would try whether what they said was true, vis that the mesmerizer willing an action in thought without communicating it to anyone had power to make his patient perform it. He therefore internally willed that his sister should fetch a pocket handkerchief which he knew he had left on a bench in a thick plantation about a mile from the house. When to his astonishment and to that of...
Continues?
File PB1010112
Letter to Posy from Georgina and Louisa. Posy at Emily [Buxtons, Lyons?]. Pre 1846
My dear Posy,
Will you give my drawers if you possibly can, to Martin or to Papa to bring over for me for I want them very much indeed. I am very glad you have read the Bride in German and that you have got back a true voice but how come you never to report Scappus praise of sisters. My lady is going on very well. I have finished all her body but half her purple [there believe?] I will send the [warteds?] by Martin if you will get them for me. The Drakes are going next week and the Meads go today but we have no clergy man yet. We shall have a great deal of fruit which I hope Emmy will come in the right time to enjoy. I cannot write anymore, for the pianoforte is empty and we have been idle these last two days. Mama had a nice drive in the carriage yesterday with Sir Hyde [Parke], Papa and Colonel Parker. Baby begs you will write to her the next time and sends her best love. Louisa and Fanny would do as much if they were out of their rooms which I am ashamed to say, it being past nine, they are not yet. Pray give my best love to Emily, and believe your truly affectionate sister and mistress,
Georgina Marsh
Papa has brought Ariosto.
Dearest Posy,
Georgy has been so good natured as to allow me to open her letter to inform you how our garden firm goes on. All our plants by [GGr?] / in pots are very well and we have planted Ls garden with cannnelus and tulip roots. I shall endeavour to get in some annual seeds this week if the weather is tolerable. I am delighted to hear that you get on so well with your singing. I hope you will ask Scappus to give you some [tuos?] for us; pray do not forget to do so.
Will you get me some calico to make me 50 pair of drawers, 10 yards is the quantity required and will you have them made up after your pattern for me.
Pray give my best love to Emily and Coo.
Believe me ever your most affectionate
L.M. Marsh [Louisa Marsh-Caldwell]
Send the childrens paint box by Martin.
File PB1010114
Letter to Georgina from Louisa
130 Sloane Street
Monday
My dearest Georgy, I wrote to you about Spielman by return of post as you supposed I would, and also a letter to Posy the same day which required an answer and from both of you I hear this morning and neither of you have received my letters. I suspect from some carelessness of the servant here. I hope you have by this time and also that you have decided against Spielman till we see if this man of Posys does about what I enclose her letter, in case you never get mine repeat that I felt so doubtful either way about Spielman that I left the decision with you and did not write to him. It is over 10.30 now and Posys man is not come. I hope he may in the evening. On the whole I think a married man is not so good as a single, dont you? I do not want one more Tramway shares that you dear so shall give you no trouble about that. I will write to Mrs Royds. About my health dear I spare you I am sure it is all nonsense. Dear Mrs Eden is very nervous and gets frightened about everybody. Fanny every time she sees me says how well you are looking! So I have written to Posy who under Mrs Es influence made me promise to see Cameron to let me off my promise. I am so rejoiced to hear Actons account of Gifford and himself are staying at one of her daughters inLondon.
Ever his wounds were very small and are quite well but he looks thin and worn and has never lost the cough yet which he caught in Xing the Ptah Laly
Goodbye dearest Georgy, with my best love to our mother ever darling your L. [Louisa Marsh-Caldwell]
File PB1010116
Letter to Stamford
Eastbury
Monday 7th
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
As you wished to have a little Eastbury intelligence when Louisa is not here to give it you, I have the pleasure of writing to you myself which I assure you is quite a pleasure as I feel as if I was going to have a little chat with you, such as Adelaide and I used sometimes to get after dinner at dear Linley Wood. I hope now this cruel northeast wind has left us that you will have lost your neuralgia and be altogether feeling better. I am sure you wil have been sorry to see that Richard has lost his brother Gustavus before that cruel insatiable Sabastopol. He was wounded by a shell and when first Captain Heath went up which he did immediately upon the news reaching him that he was wounded there seemed little fear of his not recovering. There was a consultation of Doctors to examine...
Continues.
File PB 1010118
Letter to Posy regarding death of Georgina MC
Idlerocks
16th March [1900]
My dear Rozamond,
I am glad of this bright sunshine which must take away all external gloom from the sad office that you are performing as I write. I wish we could have shewn our love and respect by being present, as the old old friendship might venture to take rank as relationship. But we have neither of us any strength for such a thing at the best and just now Godfrey is in bed with a chest attach that is over, I trust, but has left him very weak. Since we heard of the break in the sisterhood that has always seemed to us a picture of harmonious and high minded life, our thoughts have been much with you. So much crowds into ones mind at the solemn moment of knowing that one whom one has known has left the mansion of the flesh but the same thoughts come to all of us and only the master minds can put them into words. The incident in XIth of St Marsh always appeals so specially to me and seems to say all that can be said. Of the blind man who cried out thou son of David have mercy on me and Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called, as yourGeorginahas been called and they said unto him Be of good comfort rise, he... continues?
File PB 1010120
Letter to Stamford from Georgina at Malta 1856
St Angelo
3rd December [1856]
I have travelled a long way sine I last wrote to you from Boulogne have I not dear Uncle Caldwell. One gets to rush about the world in these days of railroads and steamers without thinking much about it. The children and I had a very agreeable voyage of ten days which I as usual enjoyed extremely. Fortunately for me Lady and the Miss Reids came out the same time so that I spent my days with them and found them very agreeable. We found Malta still scarcely recovered from the fright of the earthquake [12th Oct 1856]. A very little more the Governor told me and the whole town would have been destroyed and as all the houses are of stone and most of them roofed with stone flags the loss of life would have been fearful. The weather has been very bad (for Malta) since then. There were deluges of rain Admiral Stoppard told Richard that in one night they collected in the Dockyard 18,000 tons of water. People say they feel slight shocks very often but I should think there was a good deal of imagination in that and the gales of wind have been so high that one is not surprised at people being a little shaken. To night it is pouring and blowing and Richard has gone across the harbour to St Elmo to dine at the R.A. Mess as it has been agreed that the married men are to do so on the first Wednesday in every month. Both the Croftons were much pleased with the state in which their children have returned to them which is very gratifying for us and everybody here says that their grandmother must have starved them! Fanny says she is sure she should not have known her little Richard if she had met him in the street. Her new boy is a very fine fellow with large grey eyes like my dear father. He was christened Caldwell Henry the last name after his godfathers about 3 weeks ago by Mr Somerville the Chaplain here, a Crimean man.
Malta is full of soldiers and sailors. 10 regiments and five Companies of Artillery and till today when the Duke of Wellington went 5 ship of the line besides gun boats and smaller steamer men of war. We do not see so much of them in our retirement of St. Angelo which people who go much into the society consider a terrible banishment and one does not also see so much of Maltese life. But I have been at some pleasant balls and at the opera and we had a sham fight from Ricardi, one of the forts on this side when Richard commanded the guns and the noise and smoke were very exciting. He said his men got so eager he saw two of his Sergeants who had a gun to themselves and when they had expended all their own ammunition were running round borrowing or stealing all they could get from other guns. The General Pennefather is not much liked by either officers or man I hear. He is very polite to the ladies though and has a very agreeable manner and looks a very fine old man covered with orders. They say of him that at the battle of the Alma when first the smell of the powder and the smoke reached him and the fight was beginning to get [harmed?] that he turned round to his staff gentlemen, this is the very breath of Heaven! They say that the English are very unpopular here and certainly on their part they seem to hate and despise the Maltese. And the Governor Sir William Reid gets very much abused because he is said to be so partial to them. We of course have heard much of Mr Hollands marriage. I have never seen Mrs Hunter but Fanny says she is a most charming person, extremely pretty and so charitable and good. So that I hope he has made a good choice. She is on her way out now and he is to follow on the 14th of January. It seem strange they should not be married in England.
Goodbye dear Uncle Caldwell. I hope you and all yours are well and that you are better than when we were with you last year. Richard is as I said, at St.Elmos. Fanny in the nursery. The children gone to bed, so I have no messages to send but I am dear dear Uncle Caldwell, your very affectionate niece,
Georgina A. Marsh.
File PB1010122
Letter to Stamford probably from Georgina, may be at Deacons at this time.
Eastbury
Friday 11th January [1856?]
My dear Uncle Caldwell,
I only received your letter this evening before I left Plymouth which I did at 6.40 on Wednesday morning so that I was not able to answer it from there, but I will give you all the intelligence I can about the Seahorse which however, I have not seen. She is an old 44 gun frigate which I think was built in the year 1825 and has been lying in ordinary ever since. They are now working hard at her and the ship-wrights promise Leo to turn her out of their hands in two months time when the steam engine men will take possession of her for another month. She is now to be armed with two powerful swivel guns on the upper deck and two large mortars on the main deck which are fixed upon supports. (or whatever the proper name is) which are fixed in the hold, a very body of the ship, to enable them to bear the immense weight. There will be moveable hatchways so that in action all will be clear before the monsters. Besides these there are to be 8 more guns. [Leo?] has now including himself and his officers 31 or 2 men of the 200 which is his complement but of them remainder a certain portion are found for him by the Admiralty, and some men are marines. He says that sailors are very very scarce and difficult to be got. So many are gone both to America and Australia and a sailor cannot be made like a soldier in 6 months but must begin quite a little boy. Of the officers he has only the power to choose his 1st Lieutenant and to nominate one naval cadet. Mr Vaughan is the name of the first who is a Roman Catholic
File PB1010124
Georgina to Stamford but does not appear to follow previous
Continues - a great event to [one, me?]. We are so glad that he is going. Leo has just been one of his tours of inspection, his district stretches from Dover to Southampton. He says he is sure that smuggling goes on to a great extent, still chiefly in tobacco for a man who was taken up the other day on that account got bail directly for £2,000 though apparently only a small farmer. And moreover found it convenient to forfeit his bail and disappear. Leo says that he hears that Louis Napoleon is going mad. Can that be true do you think. We see nobody here so that I hear no scraps of news dear Uncle Caldwell. We went to call at Kitlands and the Wedgwoods the other day but they were both out. And yesterday we drove to Dorking, a lovely drive past Wotton, Mr Evelyns with such magnificent woods and really fine trees as would do old Evelyns heart good to see. And through such lovely deep lanes cut out of rock on one side and sand on the other. My mother had a long letter from Mary Holland the other day. She seems to be suffering much from ill health. She had been visiting Mrs Lloyd whom I think you knew, Lady Murrays sister, and gave a melancholy picture of her loneliness and ennui. Her two adopted daughters had both married and would neither of them live with her. Lady Holland and her daughter are going to Knutsford, Munden andScotland directly. Poor Emilys children have all had the whooping cough and seem so delicate. Frank has two very fine ones. To think that you have 21 grand nephews and nieces. I hope your face is better dear Uncle Caldwell and that you are able to enjoy the pretty terrace and dear Linley Wood.
And believe me your very affectionate niece,
Georgina A. Marsh.
PB1010128
Letter to Georgina from Posy.
Letterhead 5 Loundes Street, SW crossed out.
Thursday 30th
Darling Geis,
Mr Bate has been here and he is sorry to inform us that the alterations ordered by the Board will be a heavy expense. I said what about 20? Hoping he would say, Oh not 10. And lo he said More, I am afraid than that. So I daresay it will be 30! Which aint nice is it, but he says he will do them as reasonably as he can. By all means we all say stay at WH. Mama says it is so very long to wait for the Croftons the week after next could you not come all on Friday. Of course we are not expected to go for 2 days, and so why not Thursday. We could fetch you and Fr and R [Fanny and Richard] if he will that day just send us word. We go tomorrow to Lawton. L [Louisa] does and so your things will go there. I am writing in a scuffle, must go with [md?] into village, and it is W. 3! And no [shed?] prepared. I enclose Amys [Amelia Crofton?] letter with her hearty invite but I cannot leave home so soon. Just go into work again and she is coming so soon and I have asked her to ask me again at their convenience. After their return later in the year. I should like very much to go and see her dear child then.
Love to all,
Your loving Posy.
File PB1010130
Letter to Posy
Post Mark Watford, 28th January 1845
Envelop
Miss Rosamond Marsh
Southgate House
Tenby
Pembrokeshire
PB1010131
Part of letter from Posy at Anstie looking after the Heath mob while Mary and Leopold away in the Middle East and India.
About 1866/7
Continues... the children on Monday. They were very [filb?] of the Arch-bishops death. He is an old friend of Mary Hs [Hawkins]. I spent a pleasant evening and enjoyed myself though I was very sleepy at one time.
Sunday. We got to Church in the morning. I find it is not far off for me to attempt going twice so I rested and slept until 2, and then the children came and learnt their verses and we read a chapter and had questions. It was about St. James and St John asking for the places at the right and left of our Lord, which gave occasion to speak of the Christians life as the self denying self-sacrificing life of which our Lord was to be our pattern. Little G [Gerard Heath] was sitting on my knee having come in some how. Sarah had brought me tea and bread and butter and I had left one slice in the plate. After giving little G one after the reading and my little discourse little G whispered to me May Ada have that slice. And I said Yes. And Ada may slice half to Hublie. Yes dear. But Hublie said, There is none for May. [Marion E. Heath] May shall have my half. And though I proposed dividing it in 3 parts he would not hear of it, dear little fellow, and insisted so that May had to take it with many pretty thanks. In general they do not do this sort of thing, so I was sure it was their little endeavour to be self denying and though [ful?] for others it was such a pretty scene. George Whatman came down in the evening with a letter of mine gone by mistake to Kitlands. He is a very pleasant young man and seems inclined to come here as I have asked him when his family are away. Today we were in fear from rain in [hulleding?] we should have no Charlie P, but it cleared up and then before were over he appeared and the chicks have been very happy playing Hide & seek, [Dragon?], Hair & Hounds. Gerard informed me, I like Charlie very much. I have got to know him and he me. We had a great deal of talk together. It did sound so fanny out of his little mouth. About what? said I. Oh about lots of things. But he will persist he has had a great deal of talk with Charlie. The children all like him so much, and one likes the family friendship to be carried on and I have asked him to come again next time he comes. May came at about 3.30 and we drove together to Kitlands, out to Leith Hill place. And Mary had never been the drive before and it really is as beautiful as she said. There was a most lovely hamlet, quite a charmer, with waving lines of gold tipped clouds shooting up almost to the zenith. Mr W [Wedgwood] very nice. We had tea, came back here. Mary waited until Charlie had hurried down some tea and then left me after to [our?] a most pleasant afternoon. And now all chicks and Mdlle gone to bed and I writing alone in the drawing room. Good night dearest Mama and sisters. Oh, I have received this evening a note of Heartfelt thanks from Loe for relieving Mary and taking her charge upon me. He meets her at Pointe de [Galle?], goes to Colombo, then Trincomalee, then Madras, Calcutta, Bombay and either packs her home their or from Aden. It is dated Sept 28th so has been a long time coming from Trincomalee.
Wednesday. Herbert sickened yesterday. I thought it was measles. Sent for Mr Jardine and got him quickly as he was fortunately passing the door. He is having it very nicely and I have made all arrangements to keep the children apart but I am rather afraid May will be down tomorrow. If they are to have it the sooner the better to have it well over before the holidays. If I want help I know dearest Gies will come but I dont think I shall at all. If they have it favourably, it will be a good thing done. I shall not tell Mary, it is no good. Do you not think I am right. Mr Jardine says that.. . Continues?
File PB 1010134
Letter to Georgina from Louisa at Linley Wood. Mentions July birth of Duke Croftons daughter so probably Hilda Frances Crofton (Boles)
Linley Wood.
July 10th. [1894]
Dearest Gies,
We hope that you are safe at Wiesbade nmy Georgy dear.
You have made rather a mess with the Bankers [Counter?] and they sent over a clerk to enquire about it as you told them that you have sent in £20 in gold and a £100 cheque which they have never acknowledged. My dearest G dont you remember by me you sent in £75 (not £20) in Bank notes and you had not sent in the £100 cheque but we [burnt them?] as I said you could not send it in to them, as a deposit to them, as they had it already. And in this the Clerk said I was perfectly right. And alls stands correct now with my explanation. And dont you remember that I wrote down a £100 as paid in by you and due to you in our [White?] broker book, and £100 to your credit in your account in the long book and send it over to you. And you were quite satisfied and that matter of the £100 cheque was so ended. As it is now with the Bankers. The latter was so [criol?] and nice about it all and sent Walker because, for lookes in general so wonderfully well. That they were sure it was some accidental mistake about the £100 cheque. Poor people when it was in cinders in the grate here!!
We heard from Fanny this morning that a little girl was born to Duke and Maude last Sunday. Both doing as well as possible, so that is a very happy thing over Hillson[?] after all! Has asked to stay, after I had sent in an advertisement which I hope I have however stopped. So that is all settled and I know that you and P. [Posy] are glad and so am I, in a way, but she is not a person that I depend upon. The reason why I cannot tell but I dont. However it does not matter as you and Posy are content. I will do all as you say about your bills, my Georgy dear. I dont think that there is any more to be said about Nele and May. I asked the latter to write to you and I hope she has. All went off very well with the party and they all seemed happy and content. Fred is a dear fellow. Much love to you and mine to [Chanda? Charlie?] if you see here and kind remembrances to my Harper.
Your Louisa.
File PB1010136
Letter to Posy from Martin
My dearest Posh,
How happy you must be to be well at home again. And how happy I shall be to see you there again in a few weeks. I hope you havent lost the blue bottle feature in your character, or I dont know what I shall do. After you account of the Tersichorean fete at Tenby I [could?] not enquire after your love for Polkas. Twas [unfas?] passing cloud that dimmed the brightness of my affection for that [insfendting?] dance. It is also par in my heart now. How did the dear dog guess your return. [them sae?] [loved, loud?] be you know dear dog. Have you tickly wicklyed him yet? And how is he. Dont you think him ten times more of a perfection, of a [Tip?] than he was. Give him a kiss from me and tell him to be a good dog for his maw is coming back soon. What is the Norillingdrang that Fanny (for Fanny it is I presume) has sent me. I see the names of no authors. But I daresay it is amusing. And F will say, Taste and try. So P shall get nothing there. You didnt succeed in enslaving the Lightborn Aristocrat at Tenby did you? You may confide these little tendresses to me. My experience in that line is so great and varied possibly I may be of some use. There is a deep snow on the ground. Ice and all that is bad. I dont like winter out of its place. Will someone make me a kettle holder? Send in the contracts, time and price, next letter and I will select an artist. I will give a par barter of some article for a good kettle holder, for I burn my fingers daily. Now bid all the sisterhood send in their offers neatly drawn up for I am much in need of this awful [artful?] article. There is an opening for those who would get an article useful to themselves in return for [eauce?] labour. Nothing can interest you after this so I shall stop. Goodbye and night. (from your most affectionate brother
Martin Rapparins M. [Martin Marsh]
Mention must be made of the stuff and design and manner of work. Nothing very expensive is required. Let the article be good and a fair trail granted.
File PB 1010138
Part of letter Looks like a letter from AMC to Stamford re Richard Crofton?
5
Continues... if you saw the daily, hourly sacrifice that young man makes, to the comfort of his family and the determined resolution never to exceed his means, your most timely present and so liberal a one come at a moment when it was like taking a load of lead off his mind. For it was a difficulty to meet at the moment the inevitable expenses of the continues in next session
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Michael Heath-Caldwell M.Arch
Brisbane, Queensland
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