A LOST PAPER ON HUGH PETER. 87 
iiionuMit ri'incinbor tliat tlie oxocutor is Lord Rowton, formerly Mr. 
Montai:;iio Corry and Lord Beacoiisliold's private secretary. After 1 ^ot 
to town tills spring I saw him on the subject in which he expressed a 
very ready interest and he promised that as soon as possii)le he would 
have a search made for the MS. anionic tlie very numerous papers in 
his hands. A day or two ago I received the enclosed letter from him. 
I am sorry my eflbrt lias not been more successful but you may be in- 
terested in having Lord Kowton's letter. 
Yours very truly, 
Lnwis Fry. 
17 Berkeley Square, W. 
Auf/nst 12, 1889. 
Dear Mk. Fry : 
I am vexed that circumstances have, till now, made it impossible 
for me to execute the promise I made you in the spring, and that only 
to-day am I able to report to you the I'esult of my search among the 
papers of Mr. Isaac Disraeli for the MS. in vindication of Hugh 
Peters. 
As well as myself, my secretary, Mr. Seaves, has carefully looked 
them through, and I much regret to say that not a scrap relating to 
Hugh Peters can be found. Neither have we been more successful 
among the papers which have come to me from Lord Beaconsfield. 
In fact, no such document, so far as I can learn, now exists. 
It would have afforded me sincere pleasure; had my search been more 
fortunate, to offer the MS. to you for presentation to the Literary and 
Antiquarian Society of Salem. I am 
Very faithfully yours, 
Rowton. 
To Lewis Fry, Esq., M. P. 
Postmark '* Stavanger." 
September 5, 1889. 
Sir: 
Your letter of August 15th reaches me in a remote spot in Noi'way ! 
It may be that, before this, you will have heard from our mutual 
friend, Mr. Lewis Fry, that I have, to my regret, failed after careful 
search (made with the object of gratifying your wish) to discover any 
trace or part of Mr. Isaac Disraeli's paper on Hugh Peters. 
I am sorry to say that I am afraid that such a document no longer 
exists, since, so far as I know, all the remaining papers of Mr. Isaac 
Disraeli as well as of Lord Beacouslleld are in my hands. It would 
