Theodosia Trollope, née Garrow, English writer. She made her literary début as a poet in 1839; some of her verses appeared in Heath's Book of Beauty, edited by Lady Blessington. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 3...
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Theodosia Trollope, née Garrow, English writer. She made her literary début as a poet in 1839; some of her verses appeared in Heath's Book of Beauty, edited by Lady Blessington. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Mar 1840 : (BLES 3.195c) : from Braddons, Torquay : begins, "I wish I coudl express how deeply I feel your great kindness in offering to assist me in what must be (to me) a very fearful undertaking." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Nov 1840 : (BLES 3.195b) : from Braddons : begins, "Permit me to thank you very sincerely for the two beautiful annuals which your kindness has made mine ..." With the excised address panel from the envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : (BLES 3.195a) : from Braddons : begins, "Why will you leave me without one word of thanks to offer in return for your kind and most beautiful gifts?" With the excised address panel from the envelope. -- All letters to Lady Blessington mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers.
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