Scope and arrangement
· To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 11 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Feb 1835 : (BLES 2.166) : [no place] : begins, "I am equally surprised and annoyed at the neglect you mention as to the paper of Lord A. Connyngham." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Mar 1836 : (BLES 2.167b) : [no place] : begins, "I have had a feverish cold, with the complicated torments of tooth ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Oct 1836 : (BLES 2.172) : [no place] : begins, "Your Elderly Gentleman has inordinately delighted me. I have just written an article on it for the next Examiner..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1836 : (BLES 2.168a) : [no place] : begins, "I have been confined to my bed for some days past by a severe attack of fever …"; with the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 31 Oct 1839 : (BLES 2.168b) : from 4 Rue d'Alger : begins, "Though I am almost blind, I must write to say how much I admire Count D'Orsay's letter on the Brougham affair." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Nov [watermark = 1839] : (BLES 2.171b) : [no place] : begins, "I shall be most happy indeed to dine with you next Sunday." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Dec 1839 : (BLES 2.169a) : from 48 Connaught Square : begins, "Neither Bentham nor I had forgotten your kind invitation for Christmas Day, but we are both unable to avail ourselves of it …"; with the excised address panel from the letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Feb 1840 : (BLES 2.169b) : [no place] : begins, "I am so unwell with a bad cold that I must refuse myself the pleasure of dining with you to-day …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Feb 1840 : (BLES 2.170a) : from 48 Connaught Square : begins, "Many thanks for the present of the velvet, which is of a beauty I have never yet attained to in waistcoats …" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Mar 1842 : (BLES 2.170b) : [no place] : begins, "I found that nothing could be made of the subject you pointed out to me …"; along with an excised address panel from a letter cover marked paid on "12/8/[42?]." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Oct 1842 : (BLES 2.171a) : from Connaught Square : begins, "I very much regret that I am engaged for Saturday next." All letters to Blessington mounted in v. 2 of the Blessington Papers.
· To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [27 Jan 1834] : (HWD 10.005) : [no place] : begins, "It would be very desirable to get Power's notice of the new edition of the Faust this week ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Apr 1835 : (HWD 05.006) : from Athenaeum : begins, "Will you take me in your [?] 6 [?] Baller's[?] at the Athenaeum ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Jul 1836 : (HWD 10.004) : [no place] : begins, "I have great doubts of the expediency of this matter ..." -- 1 autograph leter signed : 30 Oct [no year] : (HWD 2.004) : [Board of Trade S. W. (embossed stationery)] : begins, "I think your article excellent, but I have my doubts whether the book will please as much as your review of it ...".
· To Richard Robert Madden, author and colonial administrator : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1853 : (BLES 5.376a) : from 48 Connaught Square : begins, "I will search my papers for any letters of Lady Blessington's that may answer your purpose ..." With the excised stamped envelope address panel. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jun 1854 : (BLES 5.376b) : from "B. T." : begins, "Owing to some neglect in the transmission of letters to me out of town, I have only just received your note. Some months ago I was robbed of a desk containing many private letters I valued ...".
· To "Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : [4 Jan 1826?] : (MISC 3470) : from 17 Edgmere Road; promises to do his best for Thomas Hood's "The Progress of Cant"; sending his thanks to Mr. Hood for sending the plate; begins, "I did not get your note and the accompanying Plate till this evening.".