Scope and Contents Sent from 4 Suffolk Place, Pall Mall [Mrs Sherrington was expecting Edward’s 1st half-brother Charles] to Edward Rose who was staying with his grandfather [Caleb Burrell Rose]. Sending birthday wishes, praising Edward as a good boy and saying his happiness depends on how he behaves. Enclosing five shillings (in stamps to be exchanged) as a present. Also thanking Edward for a letter, which he had been helped to write by his grandfather, expressing surprise at Caleb Burrell Rose’s trip to...

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Telling Edward that he was going to Ipswich tomorrow, and would be back late Thursday or Friday morning. Hoping that a party on Monday night was pleasant, and saying that he had been very busy. Hoping that he would find them all well and happy.

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Notifying, in mock formality, of his plan to visit “Mr Edward Rose, Esquire” for dinner next week and hoping Edward will provide champagne and turtle. Asking Edward to pass on good wishes to his grandparents.

Scope and Contents Sent from Ipswich, to Edward in Germany.Thanking Edward for a letter and telling him that ‘By the Sea’ was in that day’s Illustrated London News and though they didn’t send proofs it reads well and there don’t seem to be mistakes.Also telling Edward that there was a letter for him from Miss Barry and 2 manuscript parcels (which could wait until he returned from Hildesheim); his hotel (in Hildesheim) sounded like good value and he should look out for any old German prints in shops...

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Urging Edward Rose to work hard, cultivate disciplined habits and not put off tasks. Telling his son that he hates to find fault with him and that all actions are accountable to God. Expresses great love for Edward.

Scope and Contents Sent from Ipswich. Enclosing a genealogy that his father drew many years ago (take care of it) and telling Edward that the Roses descend from a Caleb Rose, Rector of Whepstead near Bury (there are several tombs there); he had a nice drawing of the church at Whepsted by his brother; the oval portrait that he had was of Robert Rose, Surgeon of Hartest, Suffolk who was his father’s [Caleb Burrell Rose’s] grandfather; Caleb Burrell Rose’s uncle was John Rose, Surgeon, of Eye, and his daughter...

Scope and Contents Sent from Ipswich. Replying to Edward Rose’s letter requesting information about the Rose family for a biography. Telling Edward he could send a copy of the memoir just published about his grandfather [Caleb Burrell Rose] but he didn’t know much about the Roses or how long they had been settled at Eye [Suffolk] except that: his father was apprenticed to his uncle, a surgeon in Eye and who died in Eye; the surgeon had a son (Caleb Burrell Rose’s cousin) who succeeded him in practice and who...