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Reference code
HOUG/D/C/3/8/14
Title
Letter from Robert Ripley to Alfred Tennyson
Date(s)
- 7 Mar. 1859 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
4 ff.
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Scope and content
Escrick. - Is son of a poor labourer; afflicted with heart disease which might at any time prove fatal; has studied and composed poetry; hopes Tennyson might read some with a view to its publication; no relative or friend is capable of judging its merit.