SYDNEY MORGAN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 73138

SYDNEY MORGAN
Letter from Morgan sending along a musical billet to members of the two penny post, adding that if they do not enjoy music she advises them not to visit her
Autograph letter signed: "Sydney Morgan", 4½x7 with clipped 4½x3½ section affixed to right margin. In part: "...I trust to the great genius that presides over the two penny post to convey to your hands in time this hurried billet with the [illegible] I have to prevail on you + Mr Meuchair it gives me pleasure of years remembering; If however you do not love music I give you the friendly advice not to come - for I have nothing else to offer. Most truly". Post script: "Pray remember that I am lodging with 5 cracked cups and scucers". Ango-Irish novelist Sydney Morgan (1781-1859) took London by storm with The Wild Irish Girl (1806), a paean of praise to Ireland. She became the companion of the Marquess of Abercorn, who in 1812 arranged her marriage to a surgeon, Sir Thomas Charles Morgan. As a married woman she continued to produce verses, essays and novels, including O'Donnel (1814) - considered her best novel - and France (1817), a breezy, journalistic survey of French society and politics which drew criticism for its praise of the French revolution. Affixed clipping torn on right margin. Toned. Multiple folds. Light surface creases. Ink stamp. Slight smudges on some lettering, but clearly legible. Otherwise, fine condition.