[?A stupendous artist?: Adelina Patti, Italian opera singer.] Autograph Letter Signed to ?Mr Hart?, asking him to arrange for her to have ?the Saloon carriage? for a journey up to London for a concert.

See her entries in Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. On patterned grey paper, with the first page with a thin white border. In good condition, lightly aged, with minor evidence of mount on blank reverse of second leaf. Folded for postage. Signed ?Adelina Patti Cederstr?m?. Begins: ?Dear Mr Hart / I shall be so much obliged if you will kindly arrange for us to have the Saloon carriage for our journey to London on Wednesday, the 30th inst., by the usual midday train.? She reports that they have had ?much glorious weather until lately when it has been rather unsettled?. She adds that ?The place [i.e. Craig-y-Nos Castle, Swansea Valley] is looking lovelier than ever.? She will give him ?tickets for the concert? when she sees him at the station. She ends with the usual remembrances, ?in which the Baron joins me?.