Scope and arrangement
· Holograph poem signed, "To Miss Torre Holme; on her birthday" : ca. 1843 : (BLES 5.435) : 3 p.; begins, "Thou graceful growth of eighteen sunny springs / Than whom thy native may hath seldom brought ..." Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.
· To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Jun 1843 : (BLES 5.434) : from Dinan, Bretagne : begins, "The previous kind instrumentality of Miss Holme (who, as your Ladyship may possibly remember, was (to me) good enough to send you not only some manuscript verses of mine -- 'Brokenhearted Paul' -- but a mention of my then recent publication ..."; enclosing the poem to Miss Torre Holme. Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.