An Original Signed and Hand Written Letter by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. Dated 1832. The letter reads -'Sir, I have had the honour of receiving the copies which you were good enough to transmit to me of two resolutions passed at a general meeting of the Southwark Literary Society, conferring on me the very gratifying distinction of being an honorable member of their institution. I beg you to express my thankfulness to the President and members for the honour which they have thus done me, and am, Sir, Your very obliged and faithful servant, 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 230mm x 185mm. Condition is average. Paper age toned and creased.