Scope and arrangement
· To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jul 1840 : (BLES 3.250) : from Paris, no. 38 Rue Neuve St. Augustin : begins, "You will wonder at this note from one who ought in all modesty to conclude that you have by this time forgotten him." Includes a poetry submission titled, "Italy," which begins, "Fair blows the breeze -- depart! depart! / And tread with me the Italian shore, ..."; with the stamped letter cover. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Jul 1841 : (BLES 3.251b) : from No. 4 Harley Place : begins, "I ought to begin thanking you for the long and therefore agreeable visit you allowed me to pay." Mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. -- 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 3.251a) : [no place] : begins, "I had heard, dear Lady Blessington, what afflicting hours have been passing over you, and that you are still hanging over a sick bed." With an excised letter cover address panel. Mounted in v. 3 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.
· To Miss Wormely : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Mar 1853 : (MISC 0932) : from 39 Devonsh: Place; begins, "I duly received your very kind letter of Jan.y 19th but delayed answering till I had received the Books ...".