| Description | /1: 9 May 1838: arrived safely and has started medical treatment; everything is excessively expensive, the town 'is built exclusively for strangers and it is only while they are here (during three months in summer) that the inhabitants can let their grand houses and sell their goods'; it is 'a most unsuitable and unpleasant residence for an English or Irish Christian'; 'shops, theatre, ballroom - gambling rooms are all open and I am told in the season are thronged to excess on Sundays'; sends account of expenses for journey.
/2: 16 June 1838: after six weeks of bathing and drinking the waters 'my head became seriously affected'; has moved to Nueweed for a cure.
/3: 4 July 1838: is still unwell and cannot return to Wiesbaden; asks permission to draw allowances.
/4: 1 August 1838: is planning to return for second session at Wiesbaden; hopes Coates may meet him there while he is in Germany.
/5: 2 June 1845: a second benefit from the spa has been denied him; plans to leave for Kissengen which his doctor says will suit him better; the voyage to Ostend was very tiring; the Catholic movement is spreading daily and is the subject of constant discussion; attended church at Coblenz on 25 May. |