Identity area
Reference code
Notcutt/A/A9
Unique identifier
GB 275 Notcutt/A/A9
Title
Autograph letter signed
Date(s)
- 2 Mar. 1884 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
10p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1865-1923)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Has been to see the scratch eights on the river and describes the sinking of two of the crews. Also notes a 'bump' supper where 'a lot of fellows got tight'. Mentions the result of an election in Brighton and the fashion of men 'wearing whites to the races'. Also notes he has dissected a worm for his biology course and asks for his paintbox to complete his illustrations. Discusses at length fellow students and scholarships to Cambridge University in indignant tones. Notes the behaviour prevalent on Sundays, hearing dance music and being told of card games being played 'and all this from clergymen's sons'.