Autograph letter initialled from John Mitford, 27 Park Walk, Chelsea, to John Payne Collier, 25 Euston Square, New Road, London, ca. 1834

Item — Box: Y.d.341(57-112)

Identifier: Y.d.341 (109)

Scope and Contents note

Includes an original poem "finished in ten minutes" titled "To the Revd. J. Bowles, &c" (i.e. William Lisle Bowles) which Mitford intends for the Gentleman's magazine. First line: "The vernal smile of youth was in its pride."

Followed by a second letter to Mrs. Collier in which he states "Collier's independence is gigantic, monstrous, & antediluvian."