BIB_ID
365231
Accession number
MA 87.22
Creator
Hayley, William, 1745-1820.
Display Date
[1805 May 25?].
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm
Notes
Date is from postmark; year may read 1806 rather than 1805.
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
With a separate address panel addressed to "Revd. Walter Bagot / Blithfield / Litchfield"; address panel with postmark and seal.
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
With a separate address panel addressed to "Revd. Walter Bagot / Blithfield / Litchfield"; address panel with postmark and seal.
Summary
Mentioning his "imperfect endeavours to render complete affectionate justice to all the talents & virtures of ... dear [William] Cowper"; telling Bagot that he envies his "filial secretary"; remarking that under his shyness, Johnny of Norfolk "has a considerable portion of Cowper's gentle playful humour"; saying that he "long[s] to see [Johnny] well-married; & his situation is such, that he ought to be so."
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