83 — To John Hanson
Trin. Coll., Cambridge, Dec. 2nd, 1807.
My Dear Sir, — I hope to take my New Years Day dinner with you
en famille
. Tell Hargreaves I will bring his Blackstones, and shall have no objection to see my Daniel's
Field Sports
, if they have not escaped his recollection. — I certainly wish the expiration of my minority as much as you do, though for a reason more nearly affecting my magisterial person at this moment, namely, the want of twenty pounds, for no spendthrift peer, or unlucky poet, was ever less indebted to
Cash
than George Gordon is at present, or is more likely to continue in the same predicament. — My present quarter due on the 25th was drawn long ago, and I must be obliged to you for the loan of twenty on my next, to be deducted when the whole becomes tangible, that is, probably, some months after it is exhausted.
Reserve
Murray's quarter
, of course, and I shall have just £100 to receive at Easter, but if the risk of my demand is too great, inform me, that I may if possible convert my Title into cash, though I am afraid twenty pounds will be too much to ask as Times go, if I were an Earl ... but a Barony must fetch ten, perhaps fifteen, and that is something when we have not as many pence. Your answer will oblige
Yours very truly,
Byron
.
P.S. — Remember me to Mrs. H. in particular, and the family in general.
Footnote 1:
Joe Murray. (See page 21,
3.)
