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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 to Thomas Pringle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.233 Author/Creator: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 Place Written: Somersby, Lincolnshire, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa August 11, 1858-1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Apologizes for answering Pringle's letter so late and explains his sporadic mail delivery. Writes that he has not sent any poetry since it would arrive too late for "Friendship's Offering" but agrees to have his poetry published in Pringle's Annual. Offers to read "The Ephemerides."

Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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