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Letter from G Friedlander, Grove House, Clapham Common, presumably to T J Hooper.

23 April 1868

From: 1868 To: 1868

“My dear Sir, your letter by gratified me much for two reasons, because of your forbearance & forgiveness of your nephew if he has erred, as you seemed to be convinced, and I heartily grieved & disappointed and secondly for going still further and providing for him for life in a sphere of such respectability as the Civil Service. I have already hinted to your nephew himself (a week or two ago that until event of his obtaining a Civil Service nomination, he must let me work him up, and with all the speed I can put on, but even for the lowest department – and I do not know yet which you could obtain for him – he necessarily will require working up the specified branches. Before answering this I sat down carefully discussing all points with the masters who had prepared him for his previous examination, another answer was this “What he then knew and what he now knows are two different things, but taking the most sanguine view of the case, they would be sorry to venture a nomination to be lost – when presently so difficult to obtain – by saying he was ready to go up, but they would do their utmost, if time were given, that he might go up for examination properly qualified and sure of success.” If you can obtain time for him also, let him come at once and we will let every thing give way to his decided interests… PS If you are writing to your nephew please inform him that Bristow has passed his examination for direct commission standing pretty high on the list.”

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Friedlander, G,
Hooper, Thomas J.,
Matthews, John Robins,
Bristow

schools, Clapham Common, civil service, CORRESPONDENCE