[Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer Lytton), Victorian novelist and friend of Dickens.] Autograph Letter Signed ('E B L') to Lady Ann Cullum, regarding arrangements with his solicitor regarding a 'Deed'.

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with traces of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded twice. Written in his usual difficult hand. He begins by stating that her note was forwarded to him from Knebworth. The letter continues: 'I had previously requested my Sol[icito]r. to arrange some plan, if possible by which the [tenets?] of the Deed might be performed without your intervention, or occasioning you any personal [trouble?] &c.' The solicitor has informed Lytton that he has 'not quite effected that object in a mode which will [?] you from all anxiety.' A reference to 'Mr. Greene' follows, and he continues by explaining why he was 'desirous of this', with a possible and only partially-legible reference to his long-suffering wife (as 'Lady L'?) and 'the mother'. He ends in the hope that she will visit him at Knebworth. From the papers of Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875), wife of Sir Thomas Gery Cullum (1777-1855) of Hardwick House.