| Description | Written from Tachbrook Grove.
Wish to see the pleasure of seeing his face on finding out that through his son George's good conduct, Eddy [son Edmund] having the promise of a commission without purchase: receipt of letter from General Yorke, which she quotes, on the General Commanding in Chief hearing of the good conduct, on several occasions, of her nephew George of the 7th Fusiliers at Sebastopol and his happiness to transfer her son to the list of candidates without purchase, hoping he will follow the example of his cousin: their pride in George and hope of Eddy following in his footsteps: the gratification of her sister and herself of George being the means of forwarding his cousin's prospects: wish for both to be good Christian soldiers: Eddy having written to George of his gratitude: hope of George's convalescence: Eddy returning to [? Marlborough or Military College, Winchester] for a while and his examination, with her request for a private tutor to possibly help him if needed: writing to General Yorke for her gratitude.
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[Year not given, but context makes it clearly 1855.] |