The HUNTRISS Connection
CHARLES HUNTRISS - LETTERS HOME
| 29th April 1864 | Family - and other livestock |
| 16th June 1864 | Bill in mischief |
| 22nd November 1864 | Dead goldfish, a messy dog, and two types of moth. |
| 7th November 1865 | A visit to Crystal Palace. |
| 23rd April 1866 | Charles is now living at 41 Lee Terrace. He has two tortoises. |
| 12th May 1866 | Oh dear - things aren't going so well. Letter to Papa. |
| 14th June 1866 | Family, five hundred lines, and Fenians. |
| 24th August 1866 | A stuffed dormouse, horses and sweets |
| 22nd September 1866 | Another sister for Charles, greeted with all the enthusiasm a 12 year old boy can muster. |
| 27th October 1866 | Special classes and stammering |
| 14th November 1866 | School report. Another letter to Papa |
| 11th February 1867 | Getting his thanks and excuses in first .... |
| 20th August 1867 | Stormy weather |
| 9th February 1868 | Another letter to Papa - I wonder why....... |
| 17th May 1868 | On the bottle |
| 7th June 1868 | A jolly snake |
| 12th May 1869 | The tortoise is no longer |
| 3rd March 1869 | Nothing to report - except for reports |
| 20th January 1870 | Slippers, a rail journey and Virgil |
| 2nd June 1870 | Reporting a death |
| 1st September 1870 | Enjoying a stomach ache and turkey eggs |
| 16th September 1870 | A lecture on Inductive Electricity |
| 18th September 1870 | Fellows, fun on the Heath, and firearms |
| 9th October 1870 | Canaries going cheap, Crystal Palace, corns and a paper chase |
| 30th October 1870 | Cousin Ellen and old Gout-face |
| 27th November 1870 | A long walk and a pigeon |
| 14th December 1870 | Going home | 28th January 1871 | Skating and ... too much information | 11th February 1871 | Smallpox | 22nd February 1871 | Self denial - giving up algebra | 4th March 1871 | Looking for dormice, finding Prince Arthur | 21st March 1871 | An appointment with K at London Bridge | 10th May 1871 | Too many silkworm eggs, too few tortoises, too much for Mr Hart | 21st May 1871 | How do you put your Mum's mind at rest? Tell her about a local murder ....... | 11th July 1871 | Checking invoices | 18th September 1871 | Pork pies and smallpox | 3rd October1871 | Headaches and a paper chase | 10th October1871 | Pleading for liberty | 25th October1871 | Not happy ... | 5th November 1871 | Decision time | 28th November 1871 | Shirts, the study and skating | 12th December 1871 | Over the way,Tichborne and travel arrangements |
| 23rd January 1872 | Pleading to come home |
| 6th February 1872 | Partial liberty and a squeaky voice |
| 11th March 1872 | Nothing to report - except for the Prince of Wales, an Emperor, and an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria |
| 29th February 1872 | Desperate to come home |
| 30th March 1872 | Accident |
| 1881 | A few years later... |
