Autograph letter signed : [Dumfries], to George Thomson, [1795 Feb. 6].

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Autograph letter signed : [Dumfries], to George Thomson, [1795 Feb. 6].

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Referencing Thomson's difficulties with Pleyel, and suggesting that he turn to Clarke for assistance. Giving the verses of his "Let me in this ae night." With a postscript adding a "better" stanza (beginning "The bird that charm'd his summer day").

1 item (5 p.) ; 22.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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