William Hone to the Earl of Darlington, 27 February, 1827

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1. William Hone to The Earl of Darlington, 27 February, 1827. 1 — -TEI-

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To
The Right Honourable
THE EARL OF DARLINGTON,
LORD LIEUTENTANT AND VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE COUNTY
PALATINE OF DURHAM, &c., &c. &c.
My Lord,

1.1.1.

To Your Lordship — as an encourager of the old country sports and usages chiefly treated of in my book, and as a maintainer of the ancient hospitality so closely connected with them, which associated the Peasantry of the land with its Nobles, in bonds which degraded neither —

I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS VOLUME;

not unmindful of your Lordship's peculiar kindness to me under difficulties,2 and not unmoved by the pride which I shall have in subscribing myself,

MY LORD,
YOUR LORDSHIP'S HIGHLY HONOURED
MOST OBEDIENT,
AND VERY HUMBLE SERVANT,
WILLIAM HONE.
February 27, 1827.
Notes
1
As published in The Every-Day Book, Vol. 2; See also the draft of Hone's letter to Darlington dated 9 March, 1827. [return]
2
Darlington had contributed generously (£105) to the subscription taken up on Hone's behalf after his 1817 trials, and he had subsequently visited Hone on occasion at his shop in Ludgate Hill. [return]
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