Rugby School.- Arnold (Thomas, headmaster and historian, 1795-1842) Autograph Letter signed to R. Bright Esq., in Bristol, 3pp. and address panel, sm. 4to, Rugby, 23rd March 1838, reporting on the behaviour of his son, "Your son went over to Donchurch on Friday last with four or five others in a hired carriage to see a great Steeple Chase... they went with Horns, and behaved on the Road in a way that was not very gentlemanly, shouting... they might have been... drinking... they met a Gentleman of the Neighbourhood who is particularly obnoxious to the Boys, - and they gave him an effusive Shout... He complained to me of the Insult... the Gentleman in Question is a hot tempered Man, and dislikes the School... owing to various old Disputes about their fishing... It is a very awkward Situation for me...", small tear where opened affecting two words, folds, slightly browned. ⁂ "It is a very awkward Situation for me." - Thomas Arnold.
Rugby School.- Arnold (Thomas, headmaster and historian, 1795-1842) Autograph Letter signed to R. Bright Esq., in Bristol, 3pp. and address panel, sm. 4to, Rugby, 23rd March 1838, reporting on the behaviour of his son, "Your son went over to Donchurch on Friday last with four or five others in a hired carriage to see a great Steeple Chase... they went with Horns, and behaved on the Road in a way that was not very gentlemanly, shouting... they might have been... drinking... they met a Gentleman of the Neighbourhood who is particularly obnoxious to the Boys, - and they gave him an effusive Shout... He complained to me of the Insult... the Gentleman in Question is a hot tempered Man, and dislikes the School... owing to various old Disputes about their fishing... It is a very awkward Situation for me...", small tear where opened affecting two words, folds, slightly browned. ⁂ "It is a very awkward Situation for me." - Thomas Arnold.
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