| Content Description | Refers to inability to accept inviation to Nottinghamshire as result of his wife's ill-health due to 'her unfortunate confinement'; comments on his hunting pursuits and 'idle life' at Knowsley; refers to visit to see Liverpool to Manchester Railway; discusses effects of 'steam carriages' on stagecoach proprietors and canal shares; describes trip on carriage and effects of travelling at 20 miles per hour; refers to Hall's book on America; asks assistance from Denison's brother Edward to enable his cousin [Thomas] Phipps Champneys to enter Merton College [Oxford University]; refers to Denison's visit to Buxton and asks for news of [Henry] Labouchere. |