- GB 2014 WS-05-ELM-02-1-30
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- 1824-02-16
R.C.Gedge re a job in the library
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R.C.Gedge re a job in the library
J Parker - family news (+ death of infant) - progress, or lack of, in court case
Thomas Grenville - a possible tutor (presumably recommended by PE) has stipulated 2 years only, and has demanded a very high salary - unacceptable on both counts
Lecointe (bankers?) - PE appears to be claiming a Voltaire from Beaumarchais' estate, and is temporarily refused
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).
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.
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 (?).
Geo Taunton of CCCre copies of the Homilies lent to PE
W. Kinsey - recommending the Trinity butler to a post at St Alban's
J. Parker (PE's uncle, from Blochairn, nr Glasgow) - asks after PE's and mother's health during the bad winter. A former flame of PE is marrying a rich farmer. Bonaparte has 'work upon his hands.' Main thrust - legal problems with a bill from the 70s.