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114 Croft Street Bradford Yorke
January 30th 1854
Sir
It is not without some difficulty that I have mustered the courage to write this letter. But being about to get my pocket copy of your poems tastefully rebound, I have resolved to ask you a favour, which I have long desired. The book in question though much worn and soiled, is a great favourite. It has often been my companion during my wanderings among the lonely dales and moorlands, of this delightful county; hence it is associated
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Edward La Page letter to Leigh Hunt, January 30, 1854 |
| Creator | La Page, Edward |
| Date Original | 1854-01-30 |
| Description | Concerning his request for Hunt to send the first stanza of his The song of the flowers in his autograph and signature, which La Page wishes to have bound with Hunt's poems; praises the Indicator and Comanion. |
| Personal Name Subject |
La Page, Edward Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Geographic Subject | England -- Bradford |
| Chronological Subject |
1850-1860 |
| Type (DCMIType) |
Text |
| Type (AAT) |
Correspondence |
| Type (IMT) |
jpeg |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection |
Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection |
| Collection Guide | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html |
| Location | MsL L29h |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department. |
| Contact Information | Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
| Height (cm) | 18.3 |
| Width (cm) | 11.6 |
| Number of Pages | 4 |
| Number of Sheets of Paper | 1 |
| Digitization Specifications | Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available. |
| Date Digital | 2008-05-08 |
| Transcript |
114 Croft Street Bradford Yorke January 30th 1854 Sir It is not without some difficulty that I have mustered the courage to write this letter. But being about to get my pocket copy of your poems tastefully rebound, I have resolved to ask you a favour, which I have long desired. The book in question though much worn and soiled, is a great favourite. It has often been my companion during my wanderings among the lonely dales and moorlands, of this delightful county; hence it is associated [page break] with scenes and incidents whose memories one loves to cherish. There is however in your poems, one passage that I have long desired to possess in your handwriting. It is the first stanza of the lyric entitled "The song of the Flowers" ending "Unto sorrow we give smiles; and unto graces, graces" Should you be kind enough to inscribe these lines on the enclosed sheet of paper, with your signature attached, I should get them bound along with your poems, and consider the book the gem of my small though choice library . I never asked anyone for an autograph before, and am not sure that I am doing [page break] Right on the present occasion, but if not, it is solely my love of books, and of your books especially, that has misled me. Your [?Indicator] is a great favourite of mine, and were not this a begging letter, I should be disposed to say something respecting it, which I flatter myself would be gratifying to you . The library of the Mechanics Institute here, contains the whole of your writings with the exceptions of "Tales from Italian Poets" and "Religion of the Heart." Taking the members of the Institute as a criterion, I should say that the Indica- -or and Companion are the most generally read of your works in this district . Your humble servant is a young man employed in the worsted trade, an ardent lover of nature, a reader of books and an occassional [sic] contributor of verses to some of our humbler periodicals . I fear you will think this last sentence egotistical. I begin to think so myself now when I see it written. With the highest admiration and respect I remain your Edward La Page. |
| Transcript By |
Reichwald, Melanie |
| Transcript Location | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
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| Title | Page1 |
| Relation - Is Part Of | Edward La Page letter to Leigh Hunt, Jan. 30, 1854 |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| File Name | l29h_Page1.jpg |
| Transcript | 114 Croft Street Bradford Yorke January 30th 1854 Sir It is not without some difficulty that I have mustered the courage to write this letter. But being about to get my pocket copy of your poems tastefully rebound, I have resolved to ask you a favour, which I have long desired. The book in question though much worn and soiled, is a great favourite. It has often been my companion during my wanderings among the lonely dales and moorlands, of this delightful county; hence it is associated |
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