Ffeil 1/51. - 1820, Jan. 5, [8],

Frances Bunsen and Charles Bunsen. Thanks Mrs Waddington for letter; describes progress of H and Ernest; gives account of family's health; writes of proposed journey out of Rome the following summer; informs Mrs Waddington of Charles Bunsen's mother's death; gives an account of their activities and what they ate on Christmas Eve, how they decorated the tree and entertained H helped by Olivier and Rehbenitz; tells of portrait of Henry received from Rehbenitz, drawing of Ernest from Olivier and drawing of Ruth and Naomi from Schnorr [de Carolsfeld]; says she has yet heard nothing of Mr Wade Brown nor of Mrs Erskine's arrival but expresses her approval of her, of Mrs F Mills and of Miss Mordaunt; discusses monument [for Emily's grave]; suggests stone instead of white marble from Italy which would be very expensive and less weather-resistant; wishes she had asked Eberhard to make a sketch of it before his departure from Rome; reference to Mrs Waddington's latest account of Mr Manley's shameful behaviour. [Charles Bunsen] writes of his mother's death and hardships she had endured from a very early age when she lost her parents after they had lost almost everything in 7 years war; says Mr Brandis is in Paris and wants to know Mr Clifford's address.