Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [the Marchioness of Abercorn], 1815 Feb. 15.

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Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [the Marchioness of Abercorn], 1815 Feb. 15.

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Saying he is curious to see Moore's poem [Lalla Rookh], and praising his songs as "exquisitely beautiful;" noting that Moore "has not been very fortunate in being so much in fashionable life where a man who frequents [there?] without fortune or rank is very apt to lose his time without adding to his reputation," and saying he is glad that the poem "is likely to fix his independence;" mentioning that his Lord of the Isles is proving to be very popular and hoping she received her copy; noting that Salt the Abyssinian traveller is visiting and mentioning the Duke of Buccleuch and his daughter Lady Anne Scott.

1 item (4 p.) ; 25.1 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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