Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal
“Being obliged to depart suddenly for Scotland, and
to leave behind my son with some
apprehensions, on my part, as to the state of his mind, I request of you to
have the kindness to act for the best in my absence, and to consider yourself
empowered to do whatever you think meet for his advantage.
“ I remain yours very truly,
“T.
Campbell.”
Thomas Telford Campbell (1804-1845 fl.)
The elder son of the poet; he was confined to Matthew Allen's asylum in 1821 (John Clare
was a fellow inmate) and released following his father's death in 1844, a jury finding him
sane.
Cyrus Redding (1785-1870)
English journalist; he was a founding member of the Plymouth Institute, edited
Galignani's Messenger from 1815-18, and was the effective editor of
the
New Monthly Magazine (1821-30) and
The
Metropolitan (1831-33).