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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters from Alfred Tennyson to John Murray III, with a marked proof of the poem, "Helen's Tower" |
| Date | 1859 - 26 Oct 1886 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Draft |
| Theme | Literature and Poetry |
| Description | Includes letters of thanks from Alfred Tennyson to John Murray III, as well as a marked proof of Tennyson's poem, "Helen's Tower". |
| Folio Information |
Contains inventory list which matches the following info: Folios 1-2: letter, 31 October 1859, from Alfred Tennyson to John Murray III thanking him for having sent a copy of the "Quarterly Review"; folios 3-4 : letter, 26 October 1886, from Alfred Tennyson to John Murray III thanking him for the gift of a set of casts of coins of the twelve Caesars. Folio 5: marked proof, ?1862 or before, of Alfred Tennyson`s poem, "Helen`s Tower". The poem was written at the request of Lord Dufferin for the folly he had erected on his estate at Clandeboye, Northern Ireland, in honour of his mother, Selina Hay. The proof includes an annotation in the hand of Lord Dufferin at the foot of the folio recto: "Proof corrected by Mr. Tennyson : some more matter to be supplied:". At the head of the folio recto is an annotation in the hand of John Murray III : "Revise - along with rest - when received from Author. JM". |
| Keywords | draft authors poetry publishing editing Quarterly Review |
| People | Tennyson, Alfred Murray, John III Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Frederick (1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava) |
| Places | Surrey; England; United Kingdom |
| NLS Collection | Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.42570 |
| Disclaimer | Folio information comes from the library catalogue and is correct to the best of our knowledge. |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |