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Jessie de Sismondi - past acquaintance - problem of Italian refugees in Switzerland - asks for introduction to PE's friend Henry Wynn, ambassador in Switzerland, to obtain passports - also asks if a learned Italian could earn a living in Oxford as a tutor

William Morgan Clifford asking PE for help in gaining admission for his nephew to Ch Ch in 2 years

John Crawford in Rome to PE in Oxford - Talks of a printed catalogue in PE's hands of what remains to be sole from the (Sciarra) Colonna library in Rome. Both have been ill and recovered. The Alban Hills are free of brigands and quite safe.

Coutts - PE has transferred Power of Attorney re some India Stock to another party - Coutts want a letter assuring them that they have behaved satisfactorily

Clarke & Barlow re a missing parcel

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

From Madame Marlow (?) at St John's College, enclosing a book and glad to hear that he is better.