Autograph letter signed : Brompton, Yorks., to the Rev. Whitwell Elwin, 1854 Dec. 18.

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Autograph letter signed : Brompton, Yorks., to the Rev. Whitwell Elwin, 1854 Dec. 18.

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Saying he is glad Elwin liked his paper ["Pictures of Life and Character by John Leech," The Quarterly Review, December 1854], and remembering "my old friend and schoolfellow Leech; whom I remember with affection as a pretty little boy put under my charge at CharterHouse near 30 years ago."

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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