Written at Trumpington. Reports the publication of Clarke's Bible pamphlet; wives also writing on the subject.
Written at Trumpington and franked by the Bishop of Bristol, who also added a postscript. Urges Otter to publish his letter on the Bible as a pamphlet.
Reports publication and praise of pamphlet.
Reports 200 copies sent to London and 150 sold; urges Edinburgh, Oxford and 2nd edition.
Written atTrumpington. On Caldwell, vice and horse; 'Rejected Addresses' and money.
Written at Trumpington. Mentions inscriptions, trouble over Knife marrying Louisa Rush, and Russian victory.
Written at Trumpington. Appeals for advice - in a financial panic after doing accounts for the first time in his life.
Written at Harlton. Reports buying Cambridge house, books selling well and thoughts of death.
Written at Cherry Hinton, doing duty for Holmes; says cannot afford presentation copies and has quarrelled with Walpole about this.
Written at Cambridge; describes plague, taking sedan chair to lectures, and inability to live like fathers.
Written at Harlton; says has great joy in Greek vase but financial worries recur.
Written at Cambridge; utters "last dying Squeak" for Otter's manuscript journal; has spent all August playing with chemistry.
Written at Cambridge and franked by the Bishop of Bristol; describes effects of blowpipe [for chemistry] and a London jaunt; comments on economics.
Written at Harlton; comments on Otter as a botanist, on a velocipede being better than an odometer, and on his own work.
Written at Cambridge; discusses Malthus journals and attempts to secure presentation to the Charter House.
Written at Cambridge; describes financial muddles and appeals for help.
Last part of letter describing life in the College Combination Room; mentions a drawing of "the Ceres" and James Stanier Clarke's new edition of The Shipwreck.
Written at Beau Desert. Replies to Otter's criticism of his poem.
Fragment of letter. Describes Cripps' visit to Baron Stroganoff's and Clarke's giving a party for ladies.
Written at the summit of Parnassus. Describes his excitement over Greece, and inscriptions.
Written at London. Discusses some kind of misunderstanding with Otter, and his help with the Rushes.
Written at Trumpington. Concerns the copying of his travel journals, Malthus's reluctance, Edward junior and Popsy.
Written at Trumpington. Reports being very busy; comments on public schools and Cambridge verse.
Written at Trumpington. Describes the reception of Clarke's pamphlet and an argument over the grammar of opponent Marsh.
Begs Otter to publish his pamphlet under his own name.
Reports that pamphlet has gone to press.
Written at Trumpington. Comments on alterations in second pamphlet against Dr Marsh. Lacks second sheet.
Written at Trumpington. Discusses advertising second pamphlet, plan for Malthus to superintend 'Revisal', and wet summer.
Written at Trumpington; sent in a parcel. Reports that Malthus will not correct or transpose, and that Marsh ignores Dealtry too.
Written at Cambridge; describes having Byron to dinner, his work in French, and flogging boys.
Written at Cambridge; describes Lord Fitzwilliam's legacy and plans for a museum, J. S. Clarke and a defunct dean.
Written at Harlton; describes a hydrogen explosion; comments that Marsh deserved his bishopric and that he [Clarke] is bored by Biblists.
Written at Cambridge; describes illness, Cambridge fever, and resignation to divine will.
Wants bed for a few nights in Cambridge. Is preparing 2nd edn of Le Reveur.
Written at Beau Desert; franked by Tufton. Describes Otter as Tutor at Jesus and royal approval of Clarke.
Written at Uckfield. Laments Otter's departure; with a postscript in French by Clarke's sister.
Written at Trumpington; sent in a parcel to "My dearest friends". Reports that second pamphlet is selling well; describes trouble with Miss Bruere, D'Oyley, Caldwell.
Includes photograph of painting
<028> bowl fragment
<068> type 9 bowl c.1680-1710 MNI 1
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<006> 2 type 5 bowls c.1640-60. plus one fragment no earlier than c.1660-80 (plus 2 heel/spurs) MNI 4
Clay pipe complete with red tip.
Example of pipe given to attendees of College feasts where pipes and jars of tobacco were bought from the tobacconist on the corner of Rose Crescent. These were bought until smoking was no longer socially acceptable. Stopped in 1990s. Duncan McKie was Fellows Steward, keen on traditions and he maintained this one. President and retired in 1997.
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