Scope and arrangement
· To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Dec 1840 : (BLES 5.388a) : from 5 Clarence Terrace, Regent's Park; on mourning stationery; begins, "I can very inadequately thank you for the kind thoughts of me and mine ..." Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.
· To Charles Cowden Clarke, writer and public lecturer : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Aug 1863 : (MISC 1324) : from 6 Wellington Square, Cheltenham : begins, "This morning's post brought me the elegant volume of your Characters of Shakespeare, with a most kind and gratifying inscription.".
· To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jun 1851 : (HWD 08.028) : from Sherborne House, Sherborne : begins, "I must apologise for not having been able to send the college fees before, but the distance and difficulty of travelling with-out the help of railways, must be my excuse." In the Abraham Hayward Correspondence Files.
· To Richard Robert Madden, author and colonial administrator : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Mar 1853: (BLES 5.388b) : from Sherborne House, Sherborne, Dorset; on mourning stationery; begins, "Your letter of February's date reached me only last night ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Jul 1854 : (BLES 5.388c) : from Great Western Hotel, Paddington; on mourning stationery; begins, "You have my ready permission to use the letters enclosed to me (which I now return) ..." -- Both letters to Madden mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.