Seven Autograph Letters Signed to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and others.

(John Bull) William Mudford (DNB) (7; 1844), author and journalist. Five letters are signed "The Editor of the John Bull" or similar but two are signed by Mudford who suggests that his name is no longer a secret to Hewlett because of Barham. (Although the article in DNB on Mudford says that he succeeded Hook as Editor in 1841, no other authoritative source gives this information, from CBEL to the Waterloo Directory.) He tells Hewlett the Proprietors' requirements and his policy, presenting Theodore Hook, former Editor, as the model writer for the periodical. He asks him to set his own level of remuneration. One letter explains why a contribution was not used - "[The Proprietors] want something that will set the town talking about John Bull, which can hardly be done by a few light paragraphs." See other material from the J.T.J. Hewlett archive immediately above and below. 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.