Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to James Ballantyne, [1812 Nov.].

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Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to James Ballantyne, [1812 Nov.].

Responding to Ballantyne's criticisms of Rokeby, noting "I cannot change the word flung for the simple reason there is no other word to express the idea & that it seems a word of exceeding good command;" sending some copy for notes, asking him to keep up with the notes "which will save hurrying the poetry."

1 item (2 p.), 21.3 cm

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SNAC Resource ID: 8147548

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