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Carburton Street, Tuesday 1/2 past 7.
[1 May?] [?October 2 or 9][1] 1810.
My dearest girl,
We arrived safely yesterday in spite of two enormous old ladies in the coach, who instead of apologizing to us all for their illegal proportion of seat, looked as if they were angry at each other for having such dimensions. Last night I drank tea with Haydon, [1] & today am going with Mr. Hunter [2] directly after breakfast into the city, where I plunge over head & /---/ ears into books till dinner, which I take with him at Saint Paul's Church Yard. Tomorrow ditto, the theatre in the evening. My limbs are as well as they were but not better, though Mrs. Hunter [3] rubbed my hands last night; I believe I shall get no good for them till I return. Mrs. Hunter sends her kind love to yourself and the little boy, Mr. Hunter his dear love, and Miss Kent[4] her love; and as to myself, I kiss & bless you both a thousand times. Pray take care how you go about the house this damp weather.
Your affectionate husband,
Leigh Hunt.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Kent Hunt, October, 1810 |
| Creator |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Date Original | 1810-10 |
| Description | Concerning a journey by coach; sends love from the Hunter family. |
| Note | Though someone has written the possible date of May on the letter, Cheney dates it to October 2nd or 9th. See transcript notes below. |
| Personal Name Subject |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Hunt, Marianne Kent, 1788-1857 |
| Geographic Subject |
England -- Nottinghamshire |
| Chronological Subject |
1810-1820 |
| 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 H94hum4 leaf 3 (one of 18 letters in MsL H94hum4) |
| 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) | 31.6 |
| Width (cm) | 19.8 |
| Number of Pages | 1 + 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 | 2009-02-25 |
| Transcript |
Carburton Street, Tuesday 1/2 past 7 . [1 May?] [?October 2 or 9][1] 1810 . My dearest girl , We arrived safely yesterday in spite of two enormous old ladies in the coach, who instead of apologizing to us all for their illegal proportion of seat, looked as if they were angry at each other for having such dimensions. Last night I drank tea with Haydon, [2] & today am going with Mr. Hunter [3] directly after breakfast into the city, where I plunge over head & /---/ ears into books till dinner, which I take with him at Saint Paul's Church Yard. Tomorrow ditto, the theatre in the evening. My limbs are as well as they were but not better, though Mrs. Hunter rubbed my hands last night; I believe I shall get no good for them till I return. Mrs. Hunter sends her kind love to yourself and the little boy,[4] Mr. Hunter his dear love, and Miss Kent[5] her love; and as to myself, I kiss & bless you both a thousand times. Pray take care how you go about the house this damp weather . Your affectionate husband , Leigh Hunt . |
| Transcript Notes |
1. Written after Thornton was born September 10, 1810 and before LH left Beckenham in December 1810. The letter mentions attending the theater on Wednesday. According to the critiques in The Examiner, the only two Wednesdays LH attended the theater in the fall of 1810 were October 2 when he saw Coleman, the elder, and Garrid's The Clandestine Marriage and October 10 when he saw Arthur Murphy's The Way to Keep Him. Thus the date of this letter would seem to be either October 2 or 9, 1810 . 2. Benjamin Robert Haydon . 3. Rowland Hunter . 4. Thornton Hunt, first child of Leigh and Marianne Hunt . 5. Elizabeth Kent . |
| Transcript By |
Brewer, Luther Cheney, David R. (David Raymond), 1922-2006 |
| Transcript Location | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Letter Published In | Luther A. Brewer, ed. My Leigh Hunt Library, the Holograph Letters. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1938, p. 49. |
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