Item 32: letter from Thomas Campbell to John Richardson, 1801
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 32
Dates
- Created: 1801
Creator
- Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844 (Person)
Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter.
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
8.5 x 7.75 in.
Description:
The item contains a letter written by Thomas Campbell to his very good friend John Richardson. Campbell talks about his relationship with Mr. Perry and encourages Richardson to come to London for a visit so that he can introduce the two men.
Transcription:
My dearest of all Friends
I wrote you addressing to Eden[bur]gh ten minutes before I found out Mr Perry when I was in considerable agitation from the fear of not finding him in town and from missing an old school fellow Thomson on whom exclusive of all P. I solely relied for relief. Having landed in London with only a few shillings in my pocket. I have found out Perry - his reception was warm and cordial beyond what I had a right to expect. I will be your friend said the good man. I will be all that you could wish me to be. All my fears & blue devils are departed. I shall have more time to settle & work a power & hope in a few days to see the congenial friend of my heart. ~ Come my dear Richardson & enhance all the good fortune I can enjoy by your precious society. You will be acquainted with Perry also & must like me admire him. His wife is an angel & his niece a goddess. I am over head & ears in love with the latter. ~ Leap into your boots like Le Fleur & be in London tomorrow -shall we not be crazy & drunk for old long syne.
Your Thom- Campbell
Creator
- Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844 (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu