Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
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- 1815-09-06
Some notes on PE's Herclidae.
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Charles James Blomfield to Peter Elmsley
Some notes on PE's Herclidae.
Thomas Gaisford to Peter Elmsley
Luke-warm on question of reprinting Tyrwhitt's minor works - many of his conjectures have found their way into other editions, though it is true that many have not. On his own edition of Minor Poets. On PE's Heracleidae - criticises Wyttenbach. On Samuel Musgrave's collations - not at the Clarendon or in the Bodleian - perhaps in the margins of a book in his library (sold at auction in 1780). Loss of a Euripides ms. in Paris.
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Serious letter of advice. PE apparently is about to further a young man's career by finding him a situation abroad. Bedford warns against action which may give rise to a future claim from the young man's mother and sister, who will no longer have his support.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
Congratulates PE on 'the prospect of the desired termination to the affair which has so long engaged him' (v.448). Offers the final version of the inscription for the vase (as revised by Lord G. - Grenville?).
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Invitation to dinner. Wynn unavailable because dining with the Speaker.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
Arrangements for PE to come and stay.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
On canvassing on PE's behalf in an election (v.440f).
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Difficulties of reading folio volumes printed in diamond types. Can PE recommend an edition of Yerburgius' Cicero in quarto? Is there a modern one from the Clarendon Press?
Grosvenor Charles Bedford to Peter Elmsley
Spearman has asked him to recommend Abbott, recently enrolled at St Alban Hall - formerly in the Light Horse Volunteers, and now seeking ordination as he has to support his family following the death of his father.
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn to Peter Elmsley
On canvassing on PE's behalf in an election (v.440f).