A letter from William Gladstone to James Thomas Knowles thanking him for the payment for his Dante article. He also suggests that he is ‘thinking of reprinting a variety of Irish papers’. With cover.
A file of six original letters from Thomas Moore, the Irish writer, lyricist, and composer. Includes a clipping of a short biography of Moore taken from an auction catalogue and a portrait sketch taken from an untitled printed work.
A letter from Thomas Moore to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne. The letter refers to a dedication for his latest publication which has just gone to press. Moore also refers to the death of his eldest daughter (Anne Jane Barbara, 1812-1817), and to his now eldest daughter Anastasia (1813-1829).
A letter from Thomas Moore to [Edward] Moxon. Moore’s promises to search ‘for poor Campbell’s letter’ and will send the same to him.
A letter from Rev. Henry Edward Manning to [Rev.] Milliken.
A letter from Rev. Henry Edward Manning to [Rev.] Milliken.
A letter from Anna Maria Hall to Mrs Smith mostly referring to friends and acquaintances and personal news. Hall also writes ‘You cannot my dear Mrs Smith fancy that we are Repealers – Repeal I look upon as a sheer and most dangerous insanity – impossible and destructive – but in every way would I place the Roman Catholic in an equality with the Protestant – if we expect him to obey the same laws, we have no reason to deny him the same rights as ourselves’.
A letter from Geneviève Ward to Antionette MacKinlay (née Sterling) arranging for a time to meet to give some advice on her studies.
A letter from Arthur Roberts, Gaiety Theatre, London, to John MacKinlay forwarding his autograph.
A letter from Charles Hayden Coffin, Camden Hill Cottage, London, to John MacKinlay asking him to send the musical accompaniment to the song lyrics he has already sent.