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CLARE, John (1793-1864). Autograph letter signed to Allan Cunningham ('My good Friend Allen'), Helpstone, 18 September 1824, describing his state of health, 'I am as bad as ever I never shall be any other way now I doubt', asking whether Cunningham had received the autograph of Bloomfield which he had sent previously, sending an example of Lord Radstock's penmanship for Cunningham's collection and introducing him to 'a countryman Mr. Henderson of Milton ... as honest & hearty a Scot as ever crossed the Tweed', one page, 4to, integral address leaf; with an engraved portrait of Clare.
Not in Mark Storey, The Letters of John Clare, 1985, but Storey quotes a letter of Clare to Cunningham of 9 September 1824, in which Clare states that he was sending an autograph of Bloomfield 'our best Pastoral Poet'. Lord Radstock was a generous early patron of Clare. Other letters written by Clare identify Joseph Henderson of Milton as a provisioner of seeds and shrubs. Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) was a loyal friend of Clare from the 1820s until his death. (2)
Not in Mark Storey, The Letters of John Clare, 1985, but Storey quotes a letter of Clare to Cunningham of 9 September 1824, in which Clare states that he was sending an autograph of Bloomfield 'our best Pastoral Poet'. Lord Radstock was a generous early patron of Clare. Other letters written by Clare identify Joseph Henderson of Milton as a provisioner of seeds and shrubs. Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) was a loyal friend of Clare from the 1820s until his death. (2)