Henry Fothergill Charley manuscript material : 3 items, 1849-1853 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:· To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Apr 1849 : (BLES 1.080) : from 15 Victoria Square, Pimlico : begins, "The tone of the Grand Opera is assuredly not deep or serious; & as you know, I am at the best of times shy and tongue-tied -- worse and worse, I think, every year."--1 autograph letter signed : 19 May 1849 : (BLES 1.081) : from 15 Victoria Square, Pimlico : begins, "For the last ten days I have been meaning to write a line in acknowledgement of your first truly kind letter." -- Both letters mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes