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- 1818, April 17. (Creation)
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Details of first weeks of son's life; writes of arrangements for baptism middle of May and asks Mrs Waddington to be godmother; godfathers will be his father, old Mr Brandis and Mr Niebuhr; in account of Mrs Hutchinson's Memoirs he states his disapproval of motives of French Revolutionists; in commenting upon Shepherd's Elucidation of Book of Common Prayer he approves of present trend for drawing inspiration for creative work from past and gives as examples Cornelius's Cartoons from Dante and Overbeck's from Tasso; also remarks on growing poetical feeling and dawning of political ideas in Germany; gives critical opinion of Waverley. [Frances Bunsen] writes of her health and baby's. [Emily Manley] writes of her health and her affection for baby. [Mr Brandis] writes [in French] to thank for something sent; jokingly says Charles Bunsen is too proud and irresponsible in his behaviour now that he is the father of a son.
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Preferred citation: 1/32.