Box 4

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Letter: to Scotland Yard

ALS. Cryptic letter refers to information contained "in the other leaf." Writer excuses himself from a meeting: "I have a particular engagement to meet a friend of the late President from whom I expect some information

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Poem: "Adelgitha"; n.d.

AMsS. Fair copy of his 16-line poem beginning "The ordeal's fatal trumpet sounded." With an unidentified 16 lines of verse beginning "There was a touching paleness on her face."

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Letter: London, to "Madam"

ALS. Encloses a letter from Thomas Moore "in answer to a letter which I had sent to him - a considerable time after our dispute about his reflections on Lady Byron."

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Document: "Admit to the Lectures on Poetry at the Royal Institution, 1820"

ADS. Signed by Campbell. Also included is a page of a manuscript concerning the erudition of colonies in ancient Greece.

Scope and Contents Letter: "Beauty," Providence, R.I., to Toby Campbell, Philadelphia, Pa. 3 items (2 pgs.) LS. Written from the perspective of a dog, Beauty tells Toby about her day-to-day existence: "After I have attended to my morning duties, that is barking at the milkman and getting my breakfast . . . I have nothing to do but to curl up in my corner on the lounge or sit over the register and think (they think I go to sleep!)." Also included in this folder are two photographs of dogs; the one...

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Letters: to William Crowdy, Esq., Highworth, Wilts

ALS. Two letters to Crowdy concerning the execution of the will of William Edwards, urging him to fulfill his role as executor of the will.

Scope and Contents Letter: London, to Daniel Bennett, Esq., BerksTLS. "I am directed by the Commissioners of this Revenue to inform you, that unless the Duty now outstanding, and payable under the Administration to the Effects of the late Giles B. Bennett is forthwith accounted for, proceedings will be instituted against you without further notice, in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, to compel you to render an Account, on Oath, of the personal Estate of the deceased, and to pay the Duties and...

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Letter: New York, N.Y., to Thomas C. Reynolds, Richmond, Va.

ALS. Can describes working in Washington for five hectic weeks "before and during the attempted organization of the House . . . From the moment that the line between the South and the North was drawn, until the fight was over . . . I did not know what it was to take a regular meal."

Scope and Contents Letter: Crawfordsville, Ind., to Samuel Judah, 1798-1869, Vincennes, Ind.ALS. To Judah, a lawyer, and past and future member of the Indiana House of Representatives, Canby writes of travel plans and current business. Of special note is his discussion of Indiana politics: "All things are amicably adjusted and the paper will be entitled the Indiana Democrat & State Gazette by Morrison & Kinnard. The fears . . . of the influence of Gov. Ray are altogether groundless . . ....

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Book review: Etain the Beloved by James H. Cousins [and] Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan AMsS.