HALLAM TENNYSON - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 02/03/1886 - HFSID 73195
Price: $360.00
HALLAM TENNYSON
He signs an autograph letter (1886) arranging a visit with a friend.
Autograph Letter signed: "Hallam Tennyson", 2 pages (front and verso),
4½x7. Black-bordered mourning paper. Isle of Wight, 1886 February 3. On
personal letterhead to "My dear Sir". In full: "Please prepare
yourself whenever you like, & be sure of a welcome whenever you come. If the
Isle of Wight is too far Haslemere where we are in summer is nearer Norfolk. You
suggest April & my first impulse is to say 'So come & talk to some Odd
fellows here on Easter Monday. I gave them good advice after the manner of your
little 'uns essay? But I shall not bother you. We want to see you therefore we
must leave the little ones for the present. Yours most faithfully".
Hallam Tennyson (1852-1928), the eldest son of Victorian England's most
beloved poet, Alfred Tennyson, became the second Baron Tennyson upon his
father's death in 1892. Hallam wrote a biography of his father in
1897. In 1899, Tennyson was appointed Governor of South Australia; he ascended
to Governor-General of Australia in 1902. Despite his lack of political
experience, he proved a popular Governor-General. Fold crease, not near
signature. Fine condition.
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