| Description | "Enclosing receipt of tradesman for the bill of bookcase. Explanations about sundry points relative to Eton events." Receipt. Charles Barton to "Bolton, Esqr." 27 Nov. 1835. A mahogany bookcase with a pair of doors and silk panels. 35s.
Eton. Nov. 27th. 1835.
My dear Papa,
I am sorry that my delay should have caused you any uneasiness, but when I had received the parcel containing the money, and had gone to the tradesman, to procure the book-case, I found that he had sold it in the interval, but he showed me another one, without any doors, and nearly twice as large as the other; with drawers at the bottom, which he said he would furnish with doors, & silk, for 35 shillings, I have paid the charge above the 26 shillings which you sent me, out of my own money. It was put up in my room to-day, & looks very well.
I received the cloak quite safe, and am much obliged for it; Our holidays, which generally commence on a Tuesday, do not this time begin till Wednesday, for there is a rule, that there must be one, whole schoolday, on the last week, before the holiday, which generally is on the Monday, but this time Monday unluckily is a holiday, on account of the Founder’s day, which happens on Sunday, so that I shall not come home, till Wednesday, the 9th of December; I suppose that whether I am to meet you at Tew, or at Soho, the Tantivy would be the best coach for me to come by. I have not received either of the books yet, Mr. Coleridge’s pupils say, that it is not a regular custom with Mr. Coleridge, although very frequent, and it appears that when a boy is sent up for Translation, (which was never done before this half,) he is not read over in school, and it is at these readings over, that Dr. Hawtrey gives the book, so that I do not suppose I shall have the book for being sent up this half, till the next time that I am read over. I had not heard before, that the Measles were at Mr. Atwoods, they seem always to come just before the holidays.—There are 3 boys going to leave at Mr. Coleridge’s, to whom I should like to give leaving books, Manners Ma, Champernowne Ma. & Smith, & I should be much obliged if you would tell me in your next letter, whether you have any objection to my getting an order for them from Mr. Coleridge, for like Mr. Chapman, he will not give orders for them, without leave from home, nor for one which costs more than a pound, for one boy. Give my best love to all at home, and believe me to remain your affectionate son,
M. P. W. Boulton.
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