This letter was sent, together with others, to Panizzi, on the 26th of February, 1870, by Sir George Grey himself:—
“37, Eaton Place.
“Dear Sir A. Panizzi,
I have been employing my leisure in looking over many letters and papers which accumulated during my tenure of the Home Office. Among them are some relating to your appointment as Principal Librarian to the Museum in 1856. I send you three letters which I think you may like to possess. When your life comes to be written, which I hope will not be for a long time it is right that letters such as those should be among the papers which will form materials for it. Of the appointments with which I had anything to do while in office, there is none which I can look back upon with greater satisfaction than yours.
Believe me, very truly yours,
G. Grey.”
Another letter, from Lord Ellesmere to Dr. Cureton, written whilst the appointment was pending, may be added:—
“Bridgewater House, February 19th, 1856.
“Dear Mr. Cureton,
If you know anything of Mr. Panizzi’s prospects, pray inform me.