Charles Lamb letter to Rev. Daniel Cresswell

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Title:
Charles Lamb letter to Rev. Daniel Cresswell
Description:
"I have contrived an acrostic, and submit it to you, instead of that unlucky sonnet. Pray make use of all your interest with Mrs. Cresswell to contrive how to take out that tarnished leaf from the album. Could not Smart do it, combining at once a bookbinder's experience and a surgical hand? Might not Ashbury or Miller be called in? The verses are poor, but acrostics plead in forma paurperis from their nature. Whatever they are, they or a third experiment are a service of your very kindly natured friend."
Creator:
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834
Addressee:
Cresswell, D. (Daniel), 1776-1844
Date:
[ca. 1831]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Rocco and Barbara Verrilli Collection of Charles Lamb
Subjects:
Acrostics (Poetry)
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
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Identifier:
mums939-fos-i001