Thanks PE for letter from Florence dated 10th June. . Expressions of tender feelings from all of them. Mary has had a return of her headaches - would be cured sooner if she were more sedate. Nancy (Ann) is in good health, but not happy at being urged to go into company - sister-in-law is rather happy that she is not charmed by the gaieties which delight other young people. She hears universally good reports of John. PE has talked of a visit to Paris the following year, and Mary is afraid that he might meet a French woman and marry her. Has temporarily started taking a daily paper, because of a scandal involving a lady bidding open defiance to all the accusations against her. News of various friends. Her nephew Ben Hallowell is to leave Charterhouse for Trinity College Cambridge. Her brother is rightly concerned - 7 children, and not one provided for. A friend (Mrs G) is facing two charges - her enemies are perjuring themselves. Has had an accident, and fears she will always have a limp.
London. PE has made funds available - has paid for tenant's repairs, some debts, and has started to crop the ground. Has walked around Marylebone - 50 years ago it was as rural as now Hampstead and Highgate are, but now very built up. Rambling discussion of reasons for this. Criticism of House of Lords. Wry consideration of high society. Sympathy expressed for Caroline of Brunswick, antipathy towards George IV. Wry consideration of high society.
Handwritten notes on different mathematical subjects, including, statistics, dynamics, geometry, triangles and quadrilaterals, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, ratios and circles. Also includes a Westminster School binder which the notes were originally kept in.
From Mr Phillips (?) in Montreal concerning the establishment of post offices in Kingston and York (now Toronto). Comments on affairs in Europe and Mauritius.
Notices and correspondence from Westminster School to parents, some directly addressed to Colin Andrew Murray's parents and others addressed to all parents. Including correspondence and notices regarding evacuation processes during the war, exams and scholarships, joining the scouts, school uniform lists, notes for parents of new pupils, accounts and bills and directions for hayfever sufferers.
The personal papers of Colin Murray from after he left Westminster School. Including documents regarding the Westminster School Society, the Elizabethan Club, the War Memorial Appeal, Quatercentenary celebrations, commemoration services, correspondence, press cuttings and Christmas cards.
