Five Autograph Letters Signed to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and other books.

Author: 
Joseph Schroder Moore.
Publication details: 
1845
£120.00
SKU: 3143

Joseph Schroder Moore, barrister (Post Office Directory 1846), brother to J.C. Moore ("The Letters of Thomas Hood", passim). Initially he is chasing up a manuscript promised by Hewlett. He then explains why the delivery of the manuscript was declined by his brother, suggesting that the proprietors of the Rejected's Magazine (see Francis Brown, #3130) would not have stopped its publication if his manuscript had come to hand. He describes the plan of these "proprietors" to establish a new weekly to be called "The Penny Post" (see BLC) of which he gives details, asking Hewlett for contributions at a temporarily lower rate. He hopes to have a chat with his brother on a matter raised by Hewlett when his brother is less busy. Originally from a larger archive, the residue of which is described in #3157 (Hewlett's papers), this and other items appear in my ABE inventory in book id#s 3124-3156.