36 — To Hargreaves Hanson
Trinity Coll., October 25, 1805.
Dear
Hargreaves, — I presume your father has by this time informed you of our safe Arrival here
. I can as yet hardly form an Opinion in favour, or against the College, but as soon as I am settled you shall have an account. I wish you to pack up carefully — & send immediately the remainder of my books, and also my
Stocks
which were left in Chancery Lane.
Mon Chapeau de Bras
take care of till Winter extends his Icy Reign and I shall visit the Metropolis. Tell your father that I am getting in the furniture he spoke of, but shall defer papering and painting till the Recess. The sooner you execute my
commands
the better. Beware of Mr. Terry,
And believe me, yours faithfully,
Byron
.
The Bills for Furniture I shall send to Mr. H., your worthy papa, according to his
particular Desire
. The Cambridge Coach sets off from the White Horse, Fetter Lane.
Footnote 1:
Byron entered Trinity on July 1, 1805; but he did not go into residence till the following October. His tutors were the Rev. Thomas Jones (1756-1807), who was Senior Tutor from 1787 till his death in 1807, and the Rev. George Frederick Tavell (B.A., 1792; M.A., 1795), to whom Byron alludes in
Hints from Horace
, lines 228-230:—
"Unlucky Tavell! doom'd to daily cares
By pugilistic pupils, and by bears!"
