A Guide to an Alfred Tennyson Letter to Alexander Strahan, 19 February 1875 Lord Tennyson, Alfred, Letter, 19 February 1875 10343-g

A Guide to an Alfred Tennyson Letter to Alexander Strahan, 19 February 1875

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Accession Number 10343-g

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10343-g

Title

Alfred Tennyson Letter to Alexander Strahan, 19 February 1875

Physical Characteristics

1 item

Language

English

Abstract

This collection consists of one letter, dated 19 February 1875, in which Alfred Lord Tennyson sends a note of thanks for a volume from Mrs. Pfeiffer, noting he has read her sonnets in The Spectator .

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Preferred Citation

Alfred Tennyson, Letter to Alexander Strahan, 1875, Accession #10343-g, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This letter was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on February 16, 1994, from John Wilson, Oxford, Great Britain.

Scope and Content Information

In this one page autograph note, February 19, 1875, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, writes to [Alexander Strahan ?], "I have read with pleasure some of Mrs. [Emily Pfeiffer's ?] sonnets in The Spectator & beg her now to accept my best thanks for the volume she has sent me."