Autograph letter signed : Westminster [London], to Samuel Beazley, 1842 October 5.

Record ID: 
129317
Accession number: 
MA 9437
Author: 
Barry, Charles, 1795-1860.
Credit: 
Gift of Gertrude Weyhe Dennis (Mrs. Seth Dennis), 1980.
Description: 
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.3 cm
Notes: 

Barry spells his correspondent's surname "Beazeley."
Written on mourning stationery.
Previously accessioned as MA 3840 (008).

Summary: 

Saying that he hesitates to recommend a landscape gardener, "as in the course of my experience I have never met with one that in my opinion had all the requisite qualifications"; mentioning a "Mr. Nesfield" (probably William Andrews Nesfield) favorably; adding "Loudon as you probably know has a great reputation but I have never seen any of his works"; recommending "Ramsay at Queens Elms Battersea" for his "taste and reasonable charges."