Part 5 - Letter from Thomas Moore

1 p.; manuscript

A letter from Thomas Moore, Sloperton cottage, Devizes, Wiltshire. The correspondent is not stated but Moore apologizes for the delay in replying and refers to the ‘illness of my poor little girl’. He later writes ‘I told you before, and in a way that, I rather feared you did not like, how much disposed I am to keep the names of women sacred even from the voice of fame …’.

The edge of the letter has some folding and tear marks. Careful handling is required.