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Saturday
14th. Octr. 1808.
A thousand pardons, my dear, dear girl, for not writing to you before; but a number of casualties have made me put off the letter from hour to hour, till at last I am obliged to write to you in the midst of my Saturday's hurry. I believe I have no good excuse to offer you; but I know you will forgive me, and I will take care & write you a long letter tomorrow. I am in excellent health, & beg you will not be alarmed about the Duke. Neither he nor I will come to much harm by our boldness, I assure you, he by his military boldness nor I by my literary. I am prepared to admire everything Lady Rivers says or does, since she is so kind to you. - And now would you suppose that I am obliged to leave off! I who generally write such tremendous letters! Pray once more forgive me, as you love me, with all your heart, for I assure you I ask your pardon with all mine. God bless you over and over again.
Your affectionate H.
You have never told me your address, and I am obliged to write it from what I heard the day you left town, as I have not seen your mother all the week.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Kent Hunt, October 15, 1808 |
| Creator |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Date Original | 1808-10-15 |
| Description | Concerning his business; her address. |
| Note | See Cheney's transcript notes for explanation about date written. |
| Personal Name Subject |
Hunt, Marianne Kent, 1788-1857 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Geographic Subject |
England -- London |
| Chronological Subject |
1800-1810 |
| 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 H94hum2 leaf 62 (one of 34 letters in H94hum2) |
| 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) | 20.1 |
| Width (cm) | 15.8 |
| Number of Pages | 2 + 2 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 | 2009-04-01 |
| Transcript |
[London] Saturday 14th.[in error for 15th] Octr. 1808.[1] A thousand pardons, my dear, dear girl, for not writing to you before; but a number of casualties have made me put off the letter from hour to hour, till at last I am obliged to write to you in the midst of my Saturday's hurry[2]. I believe I have no good excuse to offer you; but I know you will forgive me, and I will take care & write you a long letter tomorrow. I am in excellent health, & beg you will not be alarmed about the Duke.[3] Neither he nor I will come to much harm by our boldness, I assure you, he by his military boldness, nor I by my literary. I am prepared to admire every thing Lady Rivers[4] says or does, since she is so kind to you.-- And now would you suppose that I am obliged to leave off! I who generally write such tremendous letters! Pray once more forgive me, as you love me, with all your heart, for I assure you I ask your pardon with all mine. God bless you over and over again . Your aff |
| Transcript Notes |
1. 15th October (not 14th) fell on Saturday. LH mistakenly put 14. Comment about writing "in the midst of my Saturday's hurry" shows the letter was written on Saturday . 2. To finish Examiner for Sunday distribution . 3. The Duke of York, commander-in-chief, had just sent Sir John Moore with the British army from Portugal into Spain to aid the uprising of the Spanish against Napoleon . 4. This may have been Penelope, eldest daughter of George Pitt, first Baron Rivers (1722?-1803). She married Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Ligonier in 1766 and divorced him in 1771. She then married a trooper in the blues in 1784. Actually, there seems not to have been a Lady Rivers in 1808. Lord Rivers' wife died in 1795 and his only son, George Pitt (1751-1828) who succeeded to the title in 1803, died unmarried in 1828. In the circumstances, Penelope, as eldest daughter of Lord Rivers, may have unofficially acquired the title Lady Rivers. |
| Transcript By |
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. 35. |
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