| Description | <p>Manuscript. The letters are divided into four bundles covering date periods. The letters have been described below in these groups.</p>
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<p>Letters covering the period 1870-1878, from the early 1870s about Karl visiting his parents on the south coast, to Karl in the Lake District with his brother Arthur and Mr Jackson, about Karl's good work at University College School enclosing a letter from the master E R Horton and the possibility of getting Mr Routh to coach Karl at Cambridge, on death of one of Karl's Linnets and return of Amy to school in Brighton and Arthur to Rugby, on Karl starting on the "battle of life" and living in Hitchin with Mr Hensley whilst studying, about Karl's difficulties at Hitchin advising him to speak privately with Mr Hensley, his disappointment at Karl's treatment in Hitchin and suggested plans for the following year, including trying for an Exhibition at one of the Cambridge colleges, on the terminal illness of Mr Cottam and death of Mrs Barber, news of Arthur from Cambridge, hoping Karl will visit, informing Karl of his appointment to the Queen's Counsel, on Karl's visit to see Arthur at Cambridge, on not wanting Karl to enter university until autumn 1875 to ensure he fulfils his potential, on Karl's exam at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, about a visit from Hensley asking what Karl would do after leaving his school in the summer of 1874, on cheques for Arthur and Karl, on "haunted" Merton Hall and suggesting the ghost may be rats (cites the behaviour of Karl's pet, dog or cat?, "Sting" as proof), on "poor wayward impulsive" Arthur and his wish that he would give up the Boat Club, about death of Mr Gee's racehorse "Lord Clifden" and purchase of a new house, on Karl's immpending exams in March 1875, the university boat race and Fanny Pearson's continuing illness and being confined to the house, sending birthday wishes on 26 March 1875 for Karl's 18th birthday, giving advice on answering exam questions, urging Karl to be social with his peers, on valuation of furniture in Karl's room at King's College Cambridge in autumn 1875, letter dated October 1876 about Karl being admitted a Member of the Inner Temple, appeals to Karl to get a circle of friends together following Arthur's departure from Cambridge (in March 1877) and reminds Karl that he appears "awfully exclusive" and "somewhat unapproachable", about a trip to Edinburgh with Fanny and Amy and asking Karl to join them, and birthday wishes for Karl's 21st.</p>
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<p>Letters covering the period 1879 - 1900, on Karl's decision to go to Berlin to study Roman Law and Jurisprudence, on points of law, a letter to Karl at Saig in 1881, a letter urging Karl to withdraw his allowance and sending a cheque for £50 (enclosed), about his and Fanny's health and staying with Mr Gee, suggesting Karl visits Mr Gee in April 1884 as he is "dangerously ill", on Fanny's determination to go to Switzerland with Arthur and May in August 1886 asking if Karl will take her there and back, on feeling lonely without Fanny's company, a letter from June 1890 wishing Karl and Maria happiness for the future and sending a cheque as a wedding present, explaining the process of buying stock via brokers, congratulating Karl and Maria on the birth of Sigrid, legal view on the Albert Charter, an explanation of libel law (in connection with Karl's work on Monte Carlo casinos), letters in 1894 on wanting a house near one of the children and difficulties with Fanny, in response to Karl's article "Socialism of Natural Selection" dismissing socialists as "idle dreamers", tells Karl to stop working so hard, to stop writing about socialism and religion, and to be more like Micaiah Hill (UCL Professor of Maths), letters in 1896 on the details of his estate for R J Parker in respect of Parker's acting as executor of his Will, letters in 1897 on his illness and tiredness and Karl's genealogical research, asks Karl if he would like the Sleightholmedale house after his death, letters in the summer of 1898 about Fanny's suffering with eczema (encloses letter from Aunt Lizzie), about negotiating a price for Sleightholmedale with Lord Feversham, and letters in 1900 from Tunbridge Wells about his and Fanny's health and family news.</p>
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<p>Letters covering the period 1901 - 1905, from 1901 on William and Fanny's summer in Kent and continuing poor health, on writing to his cousin Mary Ann Baker about his life and enclosing her reply, in 1902 on Karl's 45th birthday, his and Fanny's poor health, and a holiday to Exeter with Amy, Ernest and their children, letters in 1903 giving legal advice on the Drapers Fund, letters in 1905 on household matters and treatment of Fanny's ailments, wishing for the extinction of science and all its effects, and regret at Karl's pursuit of scientific work, apologising for his suspicion of W F R Weldon, correcting Karl's account of St. Birinus' burial in a Barrow at Blewbury, on a visit to the Golders Green Crematorium on 14 August 1905 (a week after Fanny's death) to inspect niches for funeral urns, a letter to Helga thanking her for a drawing, offers thanks for portraits of Karl and Maria, and gives details of his grandfather's (Thomas Pearson) headstone and suggested inscription for Fanny.</p>
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<p>Letters covering the period 1906 - 1907, from 1906 on managing the disposal of Aunt Lizzie's shares in the Pacific Railway Company, offering sympathy over the death of W F R Weldon, on Aunt Lizzie's Will and his preference to have a third party take care of it, about his lack of mobility, and letters from 1907 about his wish to have his ashes interred alongside Fanny's, about possible executors of his Will, seeking surgical advice on efficacy of an operation, fond remembrances of Fanny in a letter to Karl on the second anniversary of her death, his physical and mental suffering, about his abdominal tumour and his determination to have the tumour removed.</p> |