Jun or Jul 1847 Letter: Henry Cornwallis Eliot to his Father

16 Rue de Conde Paris
[June or July 1847]

My dear Papa,

Do write as soon as you can to Monsieur Dupont and tell that I may go out every Thursday and Sunday to any body that asks me, because Mama has written to say that I am only to go out once a fortnight, which I consider a great piece of tyranny, as now that Buller¹ has gone, I am most tremendously dull, and the Duponts won't go any where, so I have no fun and see nothing. Monsieur Dupont is going to write to you to know who I may go out and see. Will you tell him to Mr Ellis², to Granville's friend Hunt, to Colonel Pringle's³, and Count Morell's (who is a French gentleman that has married an English, who found me out one day when she came to see Buller), and any body else you know in Paris. Give my Love to every body, and tell Mama she is a hard-hearted tyrant.

I am your affectionate son,
H C Eliot

Write soon, or else I shall be kept till your letter comes to set me free. The reason I want to go out Thursdays is because Thursday is a holiday.

[The cover reads:]
The Right Honorable
Earl of St Germans