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19 Whitehall Place S.W.
29th August 1859
My dear Thornton
It makes me very very sad to see your father's death. It has come upon me with a dreadful shock,--indeed,--for from intimations lately given in the Spectator, I supposed him to be more than usually well. Had he not gone upon some visit lately?
With him seems to have passed away a portion of my own life. He was the first distinguished man of letters I ever knew: and the charm of his conversation, at the time when one is most susceptible to such influence,
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | John Forster letter to Thornton Hunt, August 29, 1859 |
| Creator |
Forster, John, 1812-1876 |
| Date Original | 1859-08-29 |
| Description | Concerning Leigh Hunt's death; his influence on Forster. |
| Personal Name Subject |
Forster, John, 1812-1876 Hunt, Thornton Leigh, 1810-1873 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Geographic Subject |
England -- London -- City of Westminster -- Whitehall |
| 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 | bound MsL F73h vol. 2 leaf 20 (previous call number MsL F73h vol. 2 no. 6) |
| 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) | 18.4 |
| Width (cm) | 11 |
| 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 | 2009-02-20 |
| Transcript | 19 Whitehall Place S.W. |
| Transcript Notes |
A fine tribute to Leigh Hunt, who passed away that day. Thornton has indorsed the letter: “This crossed my note telling F. the fact.” Forster seems to have had a real affection for Leigh Hunt. As he states in the following letter, Hunt was his first literary acquaintance. A friend of Dickens, yet he took the side of Hunt in the Skimpole controversy, a thing much to his credit. |
| Transcript By | Brewer, Luther |
| Transcript Location | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
Description
| Title | Page1 |
| Relation - Is Part Of | John Forster letter to Thornton Hunt, Aug. 29, 1859 |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| File Name | f73hv2-20_Page1.jpg |
| Transcript | 19 Whitehall Place S.W. 29th August 1859 My dear Thornton It makes me very very sad to see your father's death. It has come upon me with a dreadful shock,--indeed,--for from intimations lately given in the Spectator, I supposed him to be more than usually well. Had he not gone upon some visit lately? With him seems to have passed away a portion of my own life. He was the first distinguished man of letters I ever knew: and the charm of his conversation, at the time when one is most susceptible to such influence, |
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