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Abell, Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, d. 1871. The Blessington papers : manuscript albums, 1818-1856

Title: The Blessington papers : manuscript albums, 1818-1856

Chiefly comprised of correspondence addressed to the Irish-born writer and literary hostess Lady Blessington, the Blessington Papers were compiled by Richard Robert Madden for the composition of his Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington (1855). Notable correspondents among the several hundred include the English novelist Charles Dickens, the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, and the English poet Walter Savage Landor. Also included are literary manuscripts; over forty are by Lady Blessingtion herself, while others are by submitters to the journals she edited. Much of the correspondence is published, both in Madden's life of Blessington, and in The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents Fomred by Alfred Morrison (2nd ser., 1882-1893), "The Blessington Papers" (1895).

ArchivalResource: 6 volumes (containing 748 items)

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Donoughmore, John Hely Hutchinson, Earl of, 1787-1851. Four manuscript letters relating to the legal and financial affairs of Count and Lady Harriet D'Orsay, 1832

Title: Four manuscript letters relating to the legal and financial affairs of Count and Lady Harriet D'Orsay, 1832

· From J. H. Hutchinson to Thomas Farrer : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Apr 1832 : (BLES2.157b) : from Palmerston House : begins, "On the part of Lady Harriet Dorsay I am requested to ask your opinion on the following points. Count Dorsay has suggested that an application should be made to the Irish chancellor, in his name and that of his wife, for an allowance ..." · From Thomas Farrer to J. H. Hutchinson : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Apr 1832 : (BLES 2.159) : from Hambleden, Henley on Thames : begins, "Your letter of the 12th reached me only yesterday. I very much regret that the state of my health has prevented me from giving that speedy attention to Lady Harriet D'Orsay's arrangements ..." · From Thomas Farrer to Luke Norman : 1 letter (scribal copy) : 9 May 1832 : (BLES 2.158) : from No. 1 Brunswick Square, Brighton : begins, "I am much obliged by your letters of the 1st and 2nd instant, which should have been sooner answered, but that I am obliged by the state of my health to reside at present at Brighton ..." · From Thomas Farrer to Luke Norman : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 May 1832 : (BLES 2.160) : from No. 1 Brunswick Square, Brighton : begins, "I am much obliged by your letter of the 14th instant. I should not have hesitated, had the draft answer been ready, at sending it to you open, and should have indeed requested your perusal of it ..."

ArchivalResource: 4 items

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