. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Of a social nature, discussing various singers and instrumentalists, accepting the conductorship of the Birmingham Music Festival for 1873, mentioning [Mendelssohn's] Elijah, Beethoven's Fidelio, [Cherubini's] Medea, Mlle Drasdil, Miss Eldon, Colchester, Thomas, Lockwood, Davis, Mme Sainton, Ries, Miss Wynne, Sims Reeves, Dr. Hiller, Horton, Baird, Tietjens, Rossini, and other persons."@en . . . . . "London, 1861-1873, to Richard Peyton"@en . . . . . "1861 03 20." . .