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Location: SC Thompson Correspondence: MS 277/1.84, 1.87-90, 1.97-113, 120,

122, 124-132, 136-138, 140-143

Note: 1) Invitation to dine. 1 p. 2) Enclosing letters from J.W. Thompson. 1 p. 3) About shrimps, etc., at the sea-side. 4 pp. 4) On sea-side fish. 4 pp. 5) On crabs and razor-fish. 4 pp. 6) About singing and dancing letters in Boulogne. 3 pp. 7) About his book "Just Intonation" and Signor Carulli, the Boulogne singing-master, etc. 2 pp. 8) About Boulogne. 4 pp. 9) About singing. 4 pp. 10) On a book about to be published, and Swift's "Directions to servants". 4 pp. 11) On grass-hoppers, snails, and places on the Isle of Wright. 4 pp. 12) Family news. 4 pp. 13) About singing lessons and his book. 4 pp. 14) About a remark of hers on American affairs. 1 p. With it is a note in ET's hand explaining allusions. 15) About singing lessons, his organ, and frogs. 4 pp. With it is a note in ET's hand explaining allusions. 16) About astronomy. 5 pp. 17) About Roman Catholics, a crocodile, and family news. 4 pp. 18) About his book "Just Intonation", the
Boulogne museum, and earthquakes. 4 pp. 19) About a passage in the "Edinburgh Review". 1 p. 20) About the singing class at Jewin Street. 4 pp. 21) On a monument to two Danish soldiers at Beverley, etc. 5 pp. 22) About Miss Northcote at Jewin Street. 2 pp. 23) About singing lessons with Signor Lablanche. 2 pp. 24) About songs, and Vergil's "Aeneid". 3 pp. 25) On Sydney Smith, "Just Intonation", and a magistrate at Bow Street. 6 pp. 26) On Sydney Smith, etc. 5pp. 27) About a hunt ball, geese, and ships. 4 pp. 28) On a ball-dress, and birds. 4 pp. 29) On ancient stones at Cottingham, fox-hunting, and woodcuts. 4 pp. 30) On stamps, geese, and a fire at the Zoological Gardens. 3 pp. 31) On a translation by Lord Derby, fox-hunting, and meteors. 6 pp. 32) On meteors, pepper, and Jewin Street. 3 pp. 33) On scorpions, Glastonbury, the atmosphere. 4 pp. 34) About plants. 3 pp. 35) Enclosing Hannah Adams' remarks on the five points distinguishing
Calvinists from Arminians. 2 pp. 36) On the Fenians. 4 pp. 37) On the Fenian troubles, capital punishment, and an anecdote about two Yorkshiremen. 6 pp. 38) About Bridlington in the Civil War, wasps and hornets. 4 pp. 39) About the Methodists at Cottingham, John Bright, and Jewin Street. 2 pp. 40) On the Methodist Chapel in George Yard, George Hall. 1 pp. Sender is grand-father of reipient, by his daughter Ellen.

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