An Original Signed and Hand Written Letter by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. Undated C1830 The letter reads - 'My dear Mrs Hughes, I shall be obliged by your sending someone with these things (as soon as possible) to Sloperton. Yours most truly, Thomas Moore' Thomas Moore 1779-1852 was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his Irish Melodies. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish to English. Politically, Moore was recognised in England as a press, or "squib", writer for the aristocratic Whigs; in Ireland he was accounted a Catholic patriot. Today Moore is remembered almost alone either for his Irish Melodies (typically "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Last Rose of Summer") or, less generously, for the role he is thought to have played in the loss of the memoirs of his friend Lord Byron. Size is 110mm x 90mm. Condition is good. Paper a little age toned.