| Description | Manuscript. Letters dated September 1869 to June 1870 cover Arthur's first year at Rugby School, regarding his personal items to be sent up and thoughts on being away from home, on break-ins, bullying and feeling lonely, on football, first impressions of the teaching and other boys, on bills and requests for money, success in classes (particularly in Botany), about the election of Dr Hayman to replace Dr Temple as Headmaster and meetings between masters every day since the decision, looking forward to the Christmas holidays, discusses his academic strengths and weaknesses, and end of year activities.
The letters dated September 1870 to July 1871 cover Arthur's second year at Rugby, regarding a request to his father for letters asking that he be allowed to take Mathematics and German over Chemistry and Latin Verses, on seeing "Aurora Borealis", about ill-discipline in the halls, and on a successful academic year and being up for prizes.
The letters dated October 1871 to May 1872 cover Arthur's third year at Rugby, regarding his success in winning the Botany Prize and doing well in exams, on his preference for Trinity Hall out of all the Cambridge Colleges due to its Law Studentships and Exhibitions, his thoughts on which Tripos to take, and on the value of the Exhibitions at Rugby for 1873.
The letters dated September 1872 to June 1873 cover Arthur's fourth and final year at Rugby, regarding the probability of gaining an Exhibition at the end of the school year, asking for advice on his Queen's Medal essay, and on disappointment at missing out on prizes and emphasising the distractions that come with public school life.
Letters dated December 1873 to 1876 cover Arthur's life at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, about looking for a room in halls, sending congatulations to his father (probably referring to his appointment to the Queen's Counsel), and apology for upsetting father over his money account.
Letters dated 1881 to 1895 comprising letters from vacations in Naples in 1881 and Norfolk in 1885, and letters from 1895 on his desire to appoint a new solicitor in the management of Mr Gee's Will, including his father's responses to his complaint, an account detailing purchase of a set of Law Reports, and a letter to his father as a Trustee of Mr Gee's estate asking permission to let Dewhurst Lodge on behalf of Mrs Gee, enclosing his father's reply indicating he cannot advise on the matter and that Arthur should seek alternative counsel (Arthur's letter annotated by his father indicating it was the last letter he received before Arthur's death). |