Autograph letters signed from Thomas Crofton Croker, London, to various recipients [manuscript], 1850-1852.

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Autograph letters signed from Thomas Crofton Croker, London, to various recipients [manuscript], 1850-1852.

Recipients: Robert Balmanno and Frederick William Fairholt. (1) mentions Thomas Moore and his Irish melodies and also quotes from his own verses on Killarney and enclosed a news cutting of verse by D.F. M'Carthy.

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