[Cornwall, Barry]. Proctor, B.W. (1787-1874). English poet who used the pseudonym "Barry Cornwall'. He served as a Commissioner in Lunacy. - Autograph Note to a Woman Seeking His Deceased Daughter's Autograph Signed by Nineteenth-Century English Poet B.W. Proctor [Barry Cornwall].

[London]: 9 March, 1871. 1871. - 26 words penned on a partial sheet of letterhead, approximately 3-1/4 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide, with his London address printed in red at the top. The letterhead is mounted on a piece of card of the same size. Signed "B. W. Proctor". The note is lightly soiled & its left edge is a bit darkened. Some partial words are penned on the verso of the mount with glue stains where it has been removed from an album. Good. Proctor writes that he regrets to say that his daughter died five years ago. "Therefore the only signature that I can send you is that of your obed servt / B. W. Proctor". Bryan Waller Proctor [1787-1874] was a nineteenth-century English poet. He studied law in London then entered a partnership with another solicitor. In 1820 the partnership was dissolved and he began to write under the pseudonym of "Barry Cornwall". After his marriage in 1824 he returned to his career as a conveyancer and was called to the bar in 1831. In the following year he was appointed metropolitan commissioner of lunacy, an appointment that was renewed annually until he was elected one of the Commissioners in Lunacy constituted by the Lunacy Act of 1845. Most of his verse was written between 1815 and 1832. His deceased daughter Adelaide Anne [1825-1864] referred to in the note was also a poet. Good .

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