Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell to Cyrus Redding, 18 November 1828
“10, Seymour Street West,
18th of November,
1828.
“My dear
Friend,—Being obliged to depart suddenly for Scotland, and to leave
behind me my son, with some apprehension
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 ![]()
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consider
yourself empowered to do whatever you think fit for his advantage.
“I remain, yours very truly,
Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
Scottish poet and man of letters; author of
The Pleasures of Hope
(1799),
Gertrude of Wyoming (1808) and lyric odes. He edited the
New Monthly Magazine (1821-30).
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).
