Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Collection of autograph letters signed : primarily Sloperton [near Calne, Wiltshire] and London, to John Wilson Croker, 1805 May 6-1846 Nov. 19.

BIB_ID
132426
Accession number
MA 4576.1-63
Creator
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Display Date
1805 May 6-1846 Nov. 19.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988.
Description
1 v. (63 items), bound ; 31.8 cm
Provenance
With the bookplates of Edward Laurence Doheny and Carrie Estelle Doheny; purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1988.
Summary
Collection consists of 58 letters from Moore to Croker; 1 letter from Croker to Moore; and 3 related letters. One letter from Moore (MA 4576.2) also includes a draft of Croker's reply. Letters discuss Moore's post in Jamaica, mutual acquaintances, proposed visits, and many include requests for Croker to frank and forward enclosed packets.