ALS to 'Dear Sir', from St. J. Palace, Sept. 17.

(BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron) LEIGH, Augusta.

Verlag: [c.1830], 1830

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62 lines over 6pp, 8vo. No watermark. Leigh writes to an unknown recipient, apparently an artist, who has evidently extended good will to Augusta and her family. 'I have frequently thought of you and your proffered kindness to me and my daughter to allow us to see your interesting drawings.'. She continues that it is 'with so much shame & regret' that she has not attended the recipient earlier, offering the excuse that, 'for some time past my apartments have been under repair and renovation, then I find the furniture and pictures required it also - and I am still living up in the attics as I can with my things so dispersed.'. She informs the recipient, 'Your enumeration of the different abodes abroad are quite correct I believe. I don't recollect any others, and fear I'd never have given so true and full a list as you have.'. Leigh indicates she keenly anticipates the return of the correspondent from overseas, and declares herself 'so truly grateful', before signing Augusta Leigh. A nice letter from Augusta Leigh, half sister of Lord Byron, and subject of rumours concerning her relations with the poet. The letter is written from St. James's Palace, where Leigh resided from March 1815 having been appointed lady-in-waiting to the ageing Queen Charlotte. It is undated, and the paper bears no watermark, but appears to date from the late 1820s or early 1830s. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 64998

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Titel: ALS to 'Dear Sir', from St. J. Palace, Sept....

Verlag: [c.1830]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1830