Autograph letter signed with initials : Edinburgh, to [the Marchioness of Abercorn], 1808 June 9.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Edinburgh, to [the Marchioness of Abercorn], 1808 June 9.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746203118

Discussing Marmion: referencing its deficiencies, fearing that he will "never be able to muster up the courage necessary to revise" it, and hoping the Marquess, "who has the best ear for English versification of any person whom in a pretty extensive acquaintance with literary characters I have ever had the fortune to meet with," will help revise it; calling "her Grace of Gordon ... the most ungracious of Graces;" saying that he is trying to obtain a copy of the Eglin Letters through "Jeffrey the Reviewer" and that he is pleased she likes his Life of Dryden.

1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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