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Old Westminsters
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Philip Bliss on his disappointment at failing to get a job at a 'great house in Bloomsbury.' Thinks of the Registrarship, but fears it is too exalted a post for him (he became Registrar in 1824).

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RF in Pisa to PE in Naples. Annoyed at the obstacles PE has met with re Herculaneum. News of friends. Interested in mss of Herodotus and Catullus. Offers to anything for PE in Florence.

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Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's - encloses a supplement to his work on the New Testament, and asks PE if he possesses a book by Bauengarten (?).

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P B Duncan to PE in Paris, asking for help in commissioning an artist to paint some classical subjects (inc. the Parthenon). News from Oxford - death of Sir Christopher Pegge (regius professor of physic), disposal of some livings, suicide of Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh - overwork and criticism from opponents brought on a nervous fever - his family removed his pistols and razors, but he managed to pierce his carotid artery with a small penknife), and the King has gone to Scotland (Walter Scott welcomed him to Edinburgh with a ballad).

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J.E.Miller in Marseilles to PE in Naples. Congratulations on PE's appointment. Has had a portrait painted at Finch's suggestion, which PE has passed back to England, but has parted from Finch. Alludes to his travels between Rome and Florence, but no need for detail, since the 'age of discovery' in that district is gone by. Vesuvius is erupting, and a fine view may be had from the Hotel Villa di Roma. Ashbridge is disputing with an Italian, and is not on bad terms with the quiet and sensible Miller

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J.E.Miller in Venice to PE in Naples. Certainly not here for the carnival, which he hates, but to repair the omissions of a hurried first visit and to hear the music in the great theatre. Plans for future travels in northern Italy - Mantua not worth seeing. Will return soon to England because of aging father. Regrets the death (in Naples od malaria?) of Ashbridge, whom he had known 6 months previously in Naples (but didn't warm to). Doubts that PE's current employment will be profitable, either financially or academically.

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