[Letter] 1837 April 28, I[ndia] H[ouse] [to Mrs. Sarah Austin]

                                         I. H.
                                        28th April
                                         1837
 My dear Mütterlein―I have 
written to you by Henry Reeve’s 
parcel, but I have something to say 
which induces me to write again.
    Would Mr Austin like to be the 
Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow? 
The chair is vacant, & it is worth 
￡700 a year, but so long as old Mylne 
lives (he is 83 years of age) it will only 
be worth ￡300. It is in the gift of the 
Professors, & one of them, my friend 
Nichol, who is an admirer of Mr Austin 
has written to me to ask if he would 
like it & to say that he could perhaps 
carry Mr Austin’s election to the chair 
with such testimonials as it would be easy 
to get. If Mr Austin declines, he has
nobody better than Bailey of Sheffield, 
& means to try for him.
    Pray answer this as soon as you 
are able
            Your Söhnchen