BIB_ID
402894
Accession number
MA 2148.78
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
[1870 July].
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.4 cm
Notes
There is no place or date given on the letter, other than "Monday", and the envelope has not been preserved. See the published edition of the correspondence and the checklist, cited below, for additional information: Landis argues that, from internal evidence, this letter appears to have been written a few days after MA 2148.77, perhaps on July 4.
With the blind embossed crest of the Athenæum Club.
With the blind embossed crest of the Athenæum Club.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Telling George that he has been weighing the idea of Pen becoming a barrister; listing the advantages of this; arguing that Pen might be naturally suited for the job: "I don't see why he might not cut a respectable figure as a pleader under certain conditions: I am told that nothing could exceed his coolness and readiness at improvising in the charade at Ld. Houghton's,--himself remarking that he felt no embarassment at all. He is really shrewd, quick enough at rendering a reason, and able to take his own part volubly when it would seem a difficult matter"; asking if George would make inquiries about this idea with Pen; mentioning that Sarianna Browning is in favor of it; writing that he is convinced that Pen would not last long in a government job, which was another possibility he'd been considering; telling George that Pen will be with him at 7.
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