| Description | The bitter hostility of his wife and his wife's people. the ungratefulness, his own poor health, and his continual need of advice. Nevertheless, he was living in a delightful spot in the south of France, had distinguished clients, and seemed to have plenty of money to travel by land and sea. This series has been marked at some time 141-200, but that are certainly not consecutive. Nor did he help matters by always forgetting to name the year at the head of his letters. No. 184 can, without much doubt, be dated in 1881, because it refers to the death of solicitor Edward Breese of Portmadoc, compiler of the very useful Kalendars of Gwynedd (1873); he died 10 March, 1881, These letters should be carefully compared with bundle 78. |