Stephen Prentis manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1843

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Stephen Prentis manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1843

· Holograph poem signed, "To Miss Torre Holme; on her birthday" : ca. 1843 : (BLES 5.435) : 3 p.; begins, "Thou graceful growth of eighteen sunny springs / Than whom thy native may hath seldom brought ..." Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. · To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Jun 1843 : (BLES 5.434) : from Dinan, Bretagne : begins, "The previous kind instrumentality of Miss Holme (who, as your Ladyship may possibly remember, was (to me) good enough to send you not only some manuscript verses of mine -- 'Brokenhearted Paul' -- but a mention of my then recent publication ..."; enclosing the poem to Miss Torre Holme. Mounted in v. 5 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8001198

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Prentis, Stephen, 1801-1862.

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Stephen Prentis, English poet. From the description of Stephen Prentis manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1843 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 699124480 ...

Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849

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Marguerite Gardiner, countess of Blessington, Irish-born British writer. Best remembered for her Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron, she was active in British literary circles of the first half of the 19th century. From the guide to the Lady Blessington manuscript material : 92 items, 1820-1849, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Irish writer and wife of the Earl of Blessington. From the description of L...