Autograph letter signed : Leghorn, to Thomas Love Peacock, 1819 09 21.

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Autograph letter signed : Leghorn, to Thomas Love Peacock, 1819 09 21.

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Discussing the publication in Italy of his tragedy The Cenci and his hopes for production in London, praising Calderon's plays, and discussing Thomas Gisborne, by whom he is sending the manuscript of Prometheus Unbound and some books.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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