Letter signed 'Craggs Clare' addressed to 'My dear Lord', probably Lord Townshend, thanking him for his goodness 'during my late residence in Ireland',
27 Jan 1770.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
| Citation: | National Library of Ireland. Department of Manuscripts. |
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| Notes: | Robert Craggs, Earl Nugent and Viscount Clare (1702-1788), Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, was an Irish politician and a poet. He sought the friendship of Oliver Goldsmith. When Clare sent Goldsmith a gift of venison from Gosfield Park, the kindness of a jovial peer was immortalized in the posthumously published 'The Haunch of Venison', a poetical epistle to Lord Clare (1776). The day following the writing of this letter, Lord North became Prime Minister. Physical description: 3 pages. more |
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MS 46,761 |
Manuscripts Reading Room |
Manuscripts |
