Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
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- 19 June 18??
Tuesday, so perhaps 1810. Long time no hear.
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Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
Tuesday, so perhaps 1810. Long time no hear.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
On canvassing on PE's behalf in an election (v.440f). Anxiously expects PE's account of particulars in order to know where to direct further efforts.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
Weather too poor for CW to travel to the country (St Mary Cray?). Southey writes seldom - CW disgusted by his public conduct in the face of a difference of opinion. The government expected to have a majority of 90 in both the Lords and the Commons on the Catholic question.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
On canvassing on PE's behalf in an election.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
On canvassing on PE's behalf in an election (v.440f). NB (William) Van Mildert one of the candidates, and (Edward?)Nares another.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
On canvassing on PE's behalf in an election (v.440f). Only three candidates now remain, evenly strong.
J Allen from Rome (Via Bambuino). About to take a villa in Frascati - news of friends - PE has only recently left.
J Black encloses a parcel of books from Prof Hermann in Leipzig, and offers to take parcels to Germany on his monthly expeditions.
Invitation from J Rowe to join a few friends one evening.
Peter Elmsley to his sister-in-law [Mary Hallowell?]
Undated and unsigned, but apparently a first draft of the following letter (identical opening sentence, referring to the previous letter). More on the dishonest clerk. Carnival began on PE's birthday, Saturday, 8th February, and continued to Shrove Tuesday, 18th February - subtract 2 Sundays and 1 Saturday, this makes 8 days of carnival proper. Disguises (but not ecclesiastical, under penalty of whipping and excommunication) - devils, harlequins, cuckolds with long horns and most commonly white dresses like a domino. Walk on the Corso and pelt each other with confetti (formerly sugar-plums, but now limes); horse race (but no riders); masquerade at one of the theatres; all very innocent and stupid. Rome even safer to stay in than London. Detained 14 weeks in Rome by a Eur. ms in the Vatican Library. Foolish, having come so far, not to continue to Naples - only 150 miles on a good road, which would take 20 hours in England, but took PE 36 hours in Italy - brief description of route, passing from papal territory into the Kingdom of Naples.