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Hammersmith - June 24.
Dear Mrs. Hooper,
Grieved am I to be prevented, at the last moment, from coming to Bedford Place by a more than usual variety of obstacles. Fortunately, I told you I was not sure of being able to come; but still I counted upon it more than otherwise; and the disappointment to me is great. Besides yourself, I had a more than usual wish to visit Mr. Hooper, from the regret he was so good as to express the other night at not having been so long in Cornwall Road; I wanted too to talk with Miss Winnard about Belfast & Holywood, where I find she is so much valued;
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P.S. This letter was written with the express purpose of ^its reaching you this evening; but I am disappointed of my messenger.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Leigh Hunt letter to Mrs. Hooper, June 24, 19th century |
| Creator |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Date Original | 1800-06-24/1899-06-024 |
| Description | Concerning his inability to visit her and her husband; mentioning Mary Craik and his daughter Jacintha. |
| Personal Name Subject |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Cheltnam, Jacintha Hunt, 1828-1914 |
| Geographic Subject |
England -- London -- Hammersmith and Fulham -- Hammersmith |
| 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 H94ho2 |
| 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) | 17.8 |
| Width (cm) | 11.5 |
| Number of Pages | 3 + 1 blank |
| 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 | 2008-07-18 |
| Transcript |
Hammersmith - June 24 . Dear Mrs. Hooper , Grieved am I to be prevented, at the last moment, from coming to Bedford Place by a more than usual variety of obstacles. Fortunately, I told you I was not sure of being able to come; but still I counted upon it more than otherwise; and the disappointment to me is great. Besides yourself, I had a more than usual wish to visit Mr. Hooper, from the regret he was so good as to express the other night at not having been so long in Cornwall Road; I wanted too to talk with Miss Winnard about Belfast & Holywood, where I find she is so much valued ; [page break] and my Dear Little Friend, Mary Craik, (if little she is still to be called, who is in all respects such a multum in parvo) is so veritable a cordial to me, that you see I could not help depriving you of her all Sunday. I send her one of those paternal kisses (/by/ ^as proxy for her father) or rather perhaps grand-paternal kisses (for I am afraid I am old enough to have been her father’s father) which she is so good as to tolerate from my ancient lips . Jacintha, as well as myself, would most gladly have come, and her husband too; but the latter, not being aware that you reckoned on seeing him, had engaged himself elsewhere; and poor Jace has been very unwell to-day, otherwise she would [page break] have been the bearer of this letter. She begs kindest love and thanks to Mary for her letter, albeit threatened with her eternal non-forgiveness if absent this evening from Bedford Place . Ah me! -Why should not all people in this beautiful world be able to go where they wish, and do what they /wish/ please? or rather, why should they be too often prevented from doing so, not by what is right, and anxious to secure true pleasure, but by what is simply wrong and discordant ? Your most unwilling absent friend , Leigh Hunt . [continued at top of page 1] P.S. This letter was written with the express purpose of ^its reaching you this evening; but I am disappointed of my messenger. |
| Transcript By |
Chen, Lilly |
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| Title | Page1 |
| Relation - Is Part Of | Leigh Hunt letter to Mrs. Hooper, June 24, 19th century |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| File Name | h94ho2_Page1.jpg |
| Transcript |
Hammersmith - June 24 . Dear Mrs. Hooper , Grieved am I to be prevented, at the last moment, from coming to Bedford Place by a more than usual variety of obstacles. Fortunately, I told you I was not sure of being able to come; but still I counted upon it more than otherwise; and the disappointment to me is great. Besides yourself, I had a more than usual wish to visit Mr. Hooper, from the regret he was so good as to express the other night at not having been so long in Cornwall Road; I wanted too to talk with Miss Winnard about Belfast & Holywood, where I find she is so much valued ; [page break] [top of page] P.S. This letter was written with the express purpose of ^its reaching you this evening; but I am disappointed of my messenger. |
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