Autograph letter (fragment) signed from Robert Montgomery to unidentified recipient [manuscript], ca. 1849.

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Autograph letter (fragment) signed from Robert Montgomery to unidentified recipient [manuscript], ca. 1849.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435495691

Fragment of a letter, beginning with p. 9. Montgomery mentions his volume "The Christian life." Also, a seemingly unrelated envelope addressed to J. Du Pasquier, Esq., Pall Mall.

2 leaves ; 19 x 12 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7525874

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Montgomery, Robert, 1807-1855

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Robert Montgomery was born and educated at Bath, the illegitimate son of comic actor Robert Gomery. He adopted the name Montgomery, and published his first book of poems at the age of eighteen. He published several satires and numerous poems, including his most popular work, The Omnipresence of the Deity. Most reviews were unkind, considering his verse pretentious, sentimental, and generally poor, but his work remained popular, even after a scathing review by Thomas Babington Macaulay in the Edi...

Du Pasquier, J., fl. 1849.

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