| Description | Includes correspondence of a personal nature written by Nicolson from Eton boarding school concerning daily activities, lessons, holidays, expenditure & sports. Also references his parents' travels and activities.
Of particular note:
-letter, dated 24 Jan, concerning Nicolson's return journey from Germany to England without his parents
-letter, dated 31 Jan, concerning Nicolson's affection for Italy and stained glass windows
Also includes a letter, dated 6 Feb, from Pascoe Glyn, an older scholar at Eton, to Nicolson's parents, thank them for contibuting to 'my paper'
Also includes two letters, dated 20 July, from Nicolson's schoolmasters (Chute and Tait) concerning his abilities as a scholar and a recent 'flogging' for idelness
Also includes three letters, dated 19 Sep, 6 & 22 Oct, sent to Nicolson from his 'Grannyma' |