| Content Description | Writes that he is the son of duke's baker at Bulstrode; was sent to Eton while his father was prosperous but had to leave when his father suffered some misfortunes; with the help of a friend, however, he has made progress to go to university; has been advised by a clergymen friend to go to Oxford; this friend however cannot give him financial help, and he cannot afford to pay for himself; he now has an ill-paid job, with which he is very disillusioned and he aspires for something more; asks the duke for pecuniary assistance; hopes to have taken his degree by the time he is 23 or 24, and thinks he will then easily get a curacy, with the help of a friend; will then repay the duke; adds he hopes he has not offended duke and asks that if he has it will not affect the position of his father. |