Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon, 17 July 1827
Enfield, p.m. July 17, 182[7].
DEAR M.
Thanks for your attentions of every kind. Emma will not fail Mrs.
Hood’s kind invitation, but her Aunt is so queer a one, that we cannot let her
go with a single gentleman singly to Vauxhall; she would withdraw her from us
altogether in a fright; but if any of the Hood’s
family accompany you, then there can be small objection.
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| 1827 |
NONSENSE TO PATMORE |
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I have been writing letters till too dark to see the marks.
I can just say we shall be happy to see you any Sunday after
the next: say, the Sunday after, and perhaps the
Hoods will come too and have a merry other day, before
they go hence. But next Sunday we expect as many as we can well entertain.
With ours and Emma’s
acknowlgmt
yours
C. L.
Jane Hood [née Reynolds] (1792-1846)
The daughter of George Reynolds of Christ's Hospital and sister of John Hamilton
Reynolds; in 1825 she married the poet Thomas Hood.
Miss Humphreys (1830 fl.)
The sister of the Mary Humphreys who married Charles Isola; the aunt of Emma (Isola)
Moxon, she lived in Cambridge with Elizabeth Paris, the sister of William Ayrton.
Edward Moxon (1801-1858)
Poet and bookseller; after employment at Longman and Company he set up in 1830 with
financial assistance from Samuel Rogers and became the leading publisher of literary
poetry.
Emma Lamb Moxon [née Isola] (1809-1891)
The orphaned daughter of Charles Isola adopted by Charles and Mary Lamb; after working as
a governess she married Edward Moxon in 1833.
