1 II.C.b.13 below.
2 There are some ink blots on the first page.
3 Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh. Copy in Jean's box.
4 Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh, in The Poetical Works (Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Co.; New York: James C. Derby, 1855), p.454; in William's copy, p.264, where the first line of this stanza is marked with two pencil strokes.
5 Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh, p.415; p.159 in William's copy, where the whole passage is marked in pencil.
6 Judges 20:1; 1 Sam. 3:20; 2 Sam. 3:10, 17:11, 24:2, 24:15; 1 Kings 4:25.
7 Quotation from II.C.b.22. William to Mildred [Northumberland, 8 Nov. 1857] above.
8 Quotation from II.C.b.3. William to Mildred 15 Nov. 1857 above.
9 "there" is possibly corrected from "that" (or vice versa?).
10 1 Kings 4:25.
11 Thomas Moore, in National Airs, a “Scotch air” beginning: “Oft, in the stilly night, | Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, | Fond memory brings the light | Of other days around me; …” (1855 ed., p.269).
12 The letter is written on a large blue sheet, folded to make its own envelope, and was sealed with a wax seal.