L30/14/333/g

From Fritz to Thomas Robinson:

Not dated c. 1760-1780

From: 1760 To: 1780

Refers to filling up of vacancies [unspecified]. Death of Dean of Canterbury. Dr. Porteus' friends well pleased with his appointment to preach [at Dean of Canterbury’s funeral?. Latin reference to a Regicide.] Has finished reading Mr. Wood , methodizing the study of Laws. Will proceed to Dr. Blackstone; good preparation for Sir Edward Coke on Lyttleton. Begs pardon for troubling Grantham with "this account of intended rides on what I hope will prove a favourite horse if you have a mind to be reveng'd you have nothing to do but mount your Portuguese or American steed". Dine with Vice Chancellor. Comments on cleanliness of hall, fellows no longer "afraid of sharing the fate of Tobil to whom the sparrows come & did mute warm dung in his eyes". Excuses his nonsense, "the dry study of the Law has not yet froze the genial current of my soul".

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Porteus,
Wood,
Blackstone,
Coke, Edward

DEATH, deans, Canterbury