Scope and arrangement
· Autograph endorsement : [no date] : (MISC 3550) : [no place] : verifying the hand of Count D'Orsay, on a provenance statement relating to a snuff box given by D'Orsay to Matthews's husband; begins, "Count Alfred D'Orsay / with a snuff box -- to / Mr Mathews ..." Filed under "Orsay.".
· To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 5 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : [1844?] : (BLES 5.392b) : from 6 Canning Place : begins, "Ladies who have only one child are remarkable for referring every event to the period of its birth, christening, &c. &c. In similar fondness I turn to my solitary book-bantling ..." With the excised envelope address panel. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Jan 1844 : (BLES 5.393a) : from 24 Russell Place : begins, "Since I had the pleasure of your last call, I have been reflecting about your last proposition in relation to the Literary Fund ..." With the excised, post-marked envelope address panel. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1844 : (BLES 5.393b) : from Russell Place : begins, "Your gratifying letter has affected me deeply." With the excised envelope address panel. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Mar 1844 : (BLES 5.394b) : from Russell Place : begins, "Your letter immediately followed one from Mr. Blewitt, which I copy ..." With the excised, post-marked envelope address panel. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Mar 1844 : (BLES 5.394a) : [no place] : begins, "Mr. bentley begged for the third time to be admitted yesterday morning, & I was compelled to quit my bedroom for the 1st time, and have a fire lighted in a roomfull of packages and lumber to receive him." All letters to Blessington mounted in vol. 5 of the Blessington Papers manuscript albums.
· To Richard Robert Madden, author and colonial administrator : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Friday Morning" [1855] : (BLES 5.392a) : [no place] : begins, "I have just found the accompanying 10 letters. I have only glanced over them ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1854 : (BLES 5.395a) : from South Terrace, Broughton : begins, "When I tell you that I drew up the accompanying outline before I went to bed last night ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Oct 1854 : (BLES 5.395) : [no place] : begins, "I begin to fear that you will dread the sight of my hieroglyphics ..." All letters to Madden mounted in vol. 5 of the Blessington Papers manuscript albums.
· To Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher and printer : 1 autograph letter signed : [no date] : (BLES 5.455m) : [no place] : begins, "Your proposal takes one by surprise ..." Mounted in vol. 5 of the Blessington Papers manuscript albums.