1760. Benjamin Robert Haydon to EBB
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 9, 229.
London
No[v] 15th 1844.
I enclose you the precious document—a leaf from the real Koran [1] —I bring it myself for fear of Earth quakes—& will send for it to-morrow–
Place it under lock & key[,] take care of dear little Blush [2] –
Yours ever
B R Haydon
I sent Mary Russell—the Lectures to day’s train with all the Greek—right—I am humbly sure for I shall lose the little Classical repute I had imposed on the World.
Miss B Barrett
Address, on integral page: Miss B. Barrett / 50. Wimpole / St
Publication: EBB-BRH, p. 181.
Manuscript: Wellesley College.
2. Sic, for Flush.
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