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1834 Sept 14 Several drawings at the ruins of Cowdray Castle, done while<br />

on a visit to Petworth. Spends the day with Leslie and Mr. and<br />

Mrs. Phillips. (JC: FDC, p. 245 and JCC V, p. 19; see also JCC<br />

IV, p. 281)<br />

1834 Sept 14 Letter from J.C. in Petworth to George <strong>Constable</strong> in Arundel:<br />

"If I can see you at Arundel before I leave this, I shall be<br />

delighted. . . . Mrs. Phillips is going to take me to see a castle<br />

about miles off. Yesterday I visited the river banks, which are<br />

lovely indeed—Claude nor Ruysdael could not do a<br />

thousandth part of what nature here presents." (JCC V, pp.<br />

18-19; see also JCC III, p. 120)<br />

1834 Sept 16 Letter from sister Mary in Flatford to J.C. in London,<br />

forwarded to Petworth. (JCC I, pp. 284-85)<br />

1834 Sept 23 Two sketches at Fittleworth on his way home from Petworth.<br />

(JCC V, p. 19)<br />

1834 Sept 25 Drawing Wicked Hammond's House. (JCC III, p. 120)<br />

1834 Oct 8 Letter, postmarked 8th October, 1834, from Alaric Watts to<br />

J.C. concernig an article J.C. had written for the Literary<br />

Souvenir that had been edited by Watts to J.C.'s<br />

dissatisfaction. (JCC V, p. 99; see also JC: FDC, p. 169 and<br />

JCD, p. 78)<br />

1834 Oct 13 Letter from <strong>John</strong> Kenrick Fisher in New York to J.C. (JCC IV,<br />

p. 302)<br />

1834 Oct 14 Letter from Edward Price in Bucknall to J.C. in London: "It<br />

was with regret that I hurried away from London after your<br />

invitation to return to Charlotte Street on Saturday evening."<br />

(JCC IV, p. 313; see also JC: FDC, p. 266)<br />

1834 Oct 16 Witnesses burning of Houses of Parliament from Westminster<br />

Bridge accompanied by his older sons. (JCC III, p. 121; see<br />

also JCC V, p. 177)<br />

1834 Oct 31 Leslie records visit from J.C. who "drew with a pen . . .<br />

Westminster Hall, as it showed itself during the<br />

conflagration." (JCC III, p. 121)

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