1877 Signature of Scottish Poet and Founder of the Clarence Club Thomas Campbell
12392On offer is a strip of paper bearing the signature of Thomas Campbell, dated 9 May 1877, and an accompanying address label recovered and pasted to a strip likely from the same page.
Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet. He was a founder and the first President of the Clarence Club and a co-founder of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland; he was also one of the initiators of a plan to found what became University College London. In 1799 he wrote "The Pleasures of Hope", a traditional 18th-century didactic poem in heroic couplets. He also produced several stirring patriotic war songs—"Ye Mariners of England", "The Soldier's Dream", "Hohenlinden" and, in 1801, "The Battle of the Baltic".
These items, both from a 7” wide page, measure ⅝ inch tall for the signed note, and 1-½ inches for the address. Both have fold creases in similar locations, age-toning, and are in Fair condition.
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