(Place of writing not indicated.)—Praises his lines in The Times (on the funeral of Miss Berry).
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tuesday Morning
My dear Mr Milnes
I cannot resist telling you with how much pleasure I have just read some lines in the Times to the memory of our late lamented friends of Curzon Street. They are an act of justice to the objects of their praise, doing, in my humble judgement, honor† to the talents and feelings of their author. I cannot, of course, presume to decypher the hieroglyphics which follow the concluding stanza, but if you know any one, whose name bears the initials of R. M. M. I beg you will assure him of my warmest sympathy.
I hope we are to have the pleasure of seeing you at dinner today.
Sincerely your’s
Stratford de Re[dcliffe] {1}
R. M. Milnes Esqr. M.P. {2}
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{1} The rest of the name is hidden where the letter is pasted to the leaf of the volume.
{2} This direction is at the foot of the first page.
† Sic.