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Charles Kent letter to S.R. Townshend Mayer, October 27, 1874

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Title	Charles Kent letter to S.R. Townshend Mayer, October 27, 1874
Creator	Kent, Charles, 1823-1902
Date Original	1874-10-27
Description	Concerning uncertainty about Mayer's current address; the long silence between them that "bears all the appearance of an estrangement"; the recovery of his two daughters. Asking about the state of the book that Mayer had planned about "the dear dead poet-humorist" Leigh Hunt; Kent has "charmingly characteristic letters" from Hunt, which Mayer could select from to add to his collection of correspondence.
Personal Name Subject	Kent, Charles, 1823-1902 Mayer, S. R. Townshend (Samuel Ralph Townshend), 1841-1880
Geographic Subject	England -- London -- Kensington and Chelsea -- Kensington
Chronological Subject	1870-1880
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	Gates MsL K46m no. 3
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)	17.9
Width (cm)	11.2
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	2008-10-03
Transcript	1 Campden Grove Tr . 27 September 1874 . My very dear good true and valued Friend- I can stand it no longer - I don’t know in the least where you are -whether in Gloster, or in Richmond, or in London, abroad or at the seaside- Bewildered as to what may, at the moment, be your address, I select the one which, in my recollection, was [ ? ] yours the longest, and certainly the most central/ly/ - making sure that then at least they will know when to forward it on. Wherefore, I chance it -what though after a few weeks delay this note may be returned to me through the Post office. As to our long silence to each other I can only conjecture it must have sprung from some letter on one side or the other not having been answered, having miscarried- I know not what! No matter, now, what it sprung from, it has been of such long duration [page break] that it bears all the appearance of an estrangement. Certain am I, however, that on either side it is only an appearance, and not in the least an estrangement. That I protest most positively, from the bottom of my heart, as from myself: and I feel just in absolutely confident on your side. Whatever the interval of this horrible silence between us may have been - (I don’t know in the least what it amounts to, but it certainly seems to me a dreary age) I once only [ ? ] you that you have been constantly, off and on, in my thoughts and always in my good wishes. As to your doings I have wondered wistfully how you were getting on with of your [ ? ] of love about my dear old friend Leigh hunt - longing more than I can say to have the privilege of helping you in respond to the accumulation of the materials. Charmingly characteristic letters of his I have galore, from which, if you cared for anything [page break] of the kind, I could and rightfully would select, to add to your store of still unpublished correspondence. But perhaps in all this you were long since overstocked -perhaps your book is done -but it so cannot possibly be or I, in common with the world at large, would know well enough that it was so. Anyhow, come out whenever it may, no one will turn to its pages with a more tender sympathy that I shall -outside the dear dead poet-humorist’s family that is - this sympathy with your labours having of course supreme priority and preeminence over all others! Write to me, do, as soon after you may chance to get this as may be in any way reasonably convenient to you. If for any conceivable reason or misapprehension you have been at any rare intervals blaming me for any [ ? ] [ ? ] of my own than yours in the months of [page break] this long silence common to us both- sweep all such thoughts forgivingly at once and forever out of your remembrance. Write soon and tell me all about yourself about your health (pray God it has been better) about your dear wife and her dear parents to whom our very kindliest greeting -As for myself the latest and gladdest item of news I can give is one I can [ ? ] only with a sense of profound gratitude to the merry of God -namely that my two darling young daughters the eldest and the youngest of our broody seven children have both very recently and most [ ? ] been spared to us after having been in the greatest possible danger - Marianne from a terribly severe attack of pleurisy, from which she is now recovering down at Bournemouth - and the little one we still call “Baby” from in all but fatal combustion of diphtheria and spasmodic croup, which for 3 days and nights caused her life to hang by a thread. In the happiness of this restoration I feel as if the world was smiling on me again - and [continued on page 3] under that delightful sensation I write to you because I want you to smile upon me too and by so doing to [ ? ] my present [continued on page 4] sense of consolation. I hope to goodness this will somehow reach you and not come miserably back into my own hands . Adieu dear Mayer-God bless you Always yours affectionately Charles Kent
Transcript By	Chen, Lilly
Transcript Location	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Relation - Is Part Of	Charles Kent letter to S.R. Townshend Mayer, Oct. 27, 1874
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
File Name	k46m-3_Page1.jpg
Transcript	1 Campden Grove Tr . 27 September 1874 . My very dear good true and valued Friend- I can stand it no longer - I don’t know in the least where you are -whether in Gloster, or in Richmond, or in London, abroad or at the seaside- Bewildered as to what may, at the moment, be your address, I select the one which, in my recollection, was [ ? ] yours the longest, and certainly the most central/ly/ - making sure that then at least they will know when to forward it on. Wherefore, I chance it -what though after a few weeks delay this note may be returned to me through the Post office. As to our long silence to each other I can only conjecture it must have sprung from some letter on one side or the other not having been answered, having miscarried- I know not what! No matter, now, what it sprung from, it has been of such long duration [page break]

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