| Description | "Account of his pursuits, &c., at Eton. Election into Great Pop. Subscriptions contemplated." (Directed to 2 Clarence Lawn.)
My dear Papa,
To day being a half-holiday, I take the opportunity of writing you a few lines. There has just been a review in the Little-Park, which I have been to see, at which the Queen was present. I was not able to see her, although a great many of the boys did. I got into Pop last Monday with only one black-ball; there are at present fifteen members in it. The room is much better than that of Little-Pop, & there are all the journals & magazines since the foundation of the society; Garth, (who used to be Lowndes) the next boy to me, has been put into Dr. Hawtrey’s division. The work in it is a good deal harder than that in the other divisions, for besides the essay, every morning that we do not shew up an exercise, we have a Greek Play. Mr. Coleridge has given us Herodotus for private business. Neither Cotton nor Mansfield are yet come back, both being abroad; during the absence of Cotton I am messing with Ride. A subscription is now being raised for a match-boat, to be used in all grand matches, & also one for levelling the playing fields. The eight are practising already, for I suppose they are determined to beat the Westminster this year. Hockey & foot-ball are both begun.—Pray give my love to all, & believe me to remain,
Your affectionate son
M. P. Boulton.
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