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moment remember that the executor is Lord Kowton, formerly Mr. 

 Montague Corry and Lord Beaconsfleld's private secretary. After I got 

 to town this spring I saw him on the subject in which he expressed a 

 very ready interest and he promised that as soon as possible he would 

 have a search made for the MS. among the very numerous papers in 

 his hands. A day or two ago I received the enclosed letter from him. 

 I am sorry my effort has not been more successful but you may be in- 

 terested in having Lord Rowton's letter. 



Yours very truly, 



LKWIS FRY. 



17 BERKELEY SQUARE, W. 



August 12, 1889. 

 DEAR MR. 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 result 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 Beaconsfleld. 



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 

 Antiquai'ian Society of Salem. I am 



Very faithfully yours, 



ROWTON. 

 To LEWIS FRY, Esq., M. P. 



POSTMARK " STAY ANGER." 



September 5, 1889. 

 SIR: 



Your letter of August 15th reaches me in a remote spot in Norway ! 

 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 Beaconsfleld are in my hands. It would 



