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John Banister letter to Leigh Hunt, January 28, 1851

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Title	John Banister letter to Leigh Hunt, January 28, 1851
Creator	Banister, John
Date Original	1851-01-28
Description	Concerning his thanks for the publication of Leigh Hunt's journal and its interest in the Charterhouse; his acquaintance with Hunt from the first Examiner and with John Hunt.
Personal Name Subject	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Hunt, John, 1775-1848 Banister, John
Geographic Subject	England
Chronological Subject	1850-1860
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Correspondence
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection
Collection Guide	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html
Location	MsL B21h
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
Contact Information	Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Height (cm)	18.4
Width (cm)	11.6
Number of Pages	4
Number of Sheets of Paper	1
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff available.
Date Digital	2008-02-13
Transcript	Charterhouse 28 Jany 1851 . Dear Sir , Allow an old man, and withal an unlettered one, to offer you his best thanks for the publication of your delightful little “Journal.” - in the seclusion from whence this is dated, it has been doubly welcomed by the interest expressed in our affairs. - To the correctness of your recent remarks on the Authorities and particularly those on the amiable Matron, Mrs Stone, the brethren generally bear testimony - yet of course we have our grievances, of which I fear, nothing but the influence of the public press will bring redress. - Our little pensions are not commensurate with the necessities of men who have been respectably brought up and connected, nor with the princely [page break] revenues of this wealthy foundation . I use the greater freedom in making these remarks, as I recognize Mr. Leigh Hunt as an old acquaintance dating from the first number of the “Examiner” nor do I forget some subsequent works, especially that with the very modest title of the “Indicator,” from which in brighter days I derived much amusement and benefit. Perhaps the locality of my ^then residence might induce me to feel more interest, being only two doors from Beaufort buildings in the Strand, my business that of your Chancery friend, Mr. Peter Steadfast. I knew Mr. John Hunt, as a neighbour, personally, and was I believe known to him and his wife ^they being my occasional customers. After a residence of 30 Consecutive years in the same house and business, some [page break] reverses and vicissitudes caused me to seek this Asylum to which I was kindly presented by the amiable Archbishop of Canterbury, and where I am blessed with “retirement-quiet-books”, & with what Pope calls “all the joys of sense,” if they “lie in the three words. health peace and competence” I perceive I have with the garrulous infirmity of old age, wandered far from the subject I alleged as the cause of my addressing you, being simply to acknowledge the advantages derived from you new publication, to which I heartily wish all Success, and have the honor to remain Dear Sir , Your faithful servant and admirer , Jno. Banister H.L. Hunt Esqre &c &c &c [page break] Should not the line quoted in the first article of the last no of the Journal “the best good man with the worst natured man,” be “the best natured man with the worst natured man” ? J.B . It is perhaps due to the Master of Charterhouse to observe that the offensive phrase to which you allude, “poor brothers,” is getting into dis-use, that of pensioners being generally substituted. Now a gentlemen-pensioner is considered as a title of honour with some persons.
Transcript By	Brewer, Luther
Transcript Location	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Relation - Is Part Of	John Banister letter to Leigh Hunt, Jan. 28, 1851
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
File Name	b21h_Page1.jpg
Transcript	Charterhouse 28 Jany 1851 . Dear Sir , Allow an old man, and withal an unlettered one, to offer you his best thanks for the publication of your delightful little “Journal.” - in the seclusion from whence this is dated, it has been doubly welcomed by the interest expressed in our affairs. - To the correctness of your recent remarks on the Authorities and particularly those on the amiable Matron, Mrs Stone, the brethren generally bear testimony - yet of course we have our grievances, of which I fear, nothing but the influence of the public press will bring redress. - Our little pensions are not commensurate with the necessities of men who have been respectably brought up and connected, nor with the princely [page break]

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