Sir James Scarlett manuscript material : 10 items, 1835-1842

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Sir James Scarlett manuscript material : 10 items, 1835-1842

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ยท To Lady Blessington, Irish-born author and literary hostess : 10 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Aug 1835 : (BLES 1.006) : from Lancaster : begins, "A thousand thanks for your kind letter, which reached me yesterday." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Sunday" [1835] : (BLES 1.003b) : from New Street : begins, "I can refuse you nothing. A very severe and lasting cold & cough almost unfit me for company ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Tuesday" [1835] : (BLES 1.004b) : from New Street : marked "Private and Confidential"; begins, "I lost not time in complying with your desire ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Oct 1836 : (BLES 1.003a) : from Abinger Hall : begins, "I would not thank you for your last kind present, till I had learned the value of it, by reading the book." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Mar 1837 : (BLES 1.005b) : from Lincoln : begins, "The state of weather, combined with a terrible cold & cough which have not left me, prevented my calling on you ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 11 Feb 1838 : (BLES 1.001a) : from New Street : begins, "Thank you for your book and your kind enquiries." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Mar 1838 : (BLES 1.001b) : from New Street : begins, "As you place yourself in my hands touching your communication with Barnes, I shall play the part of a loyal, as well as faithful ambassador, in using the best discretion to advance your object." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Nov 1838 : (BLES 1.004a) : from New Street : begins, "Many thanks for your kind note of yesterday. The weather has been so indifferent ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Feb 1839 : (BLES 1.002a) : from New Street : begins, "Yesterday week I was on horseback in my way to visit you, but was driven back by a bitter storm of hail." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Apr 1842 : (BLES 1.002b) : from the Norfolk Hotel, Brighton : begins, "A thousand thanks for your kind enquiries. I had a smartish attack of erysipelas in the face & head, which confined me for a fortnight to my chamber, and almost to my bed." -- Along with 7 excised address panels to Lady Blessington, some dated and clearly associated with letters listed above. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Correspondence. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.

10 items

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7774936

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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