Letter from Rebecca Hey to Rev Thomas Dale c/o Messrs Hurst, Chance & Co.
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line 1: Sir
line 2: Having recently been much interested
line 3: by a sight of the annual entitled "The Iris"
line 4: edited by you, and having occasionally amused
line 5: myself in selecting scriptural stories as the
line 6: subjects of short poems – I have ventured to
line 7: write two or three – which are at your service
line 8: if you think they fall in with the plan of
line 9: your little volume – the longest and perhaps
line 10: the best of my attempts is Janus' daughter which
line 11: I wrote some year or two ago - I forbear to send as I
line 12: find it has occupied your pen. Should none of
line 13: the little pieces meet your views in any respect
line 14: I shall beg you to be kind enough to return them
line 15: To Mrs William Hey – Albion Place – Leeds
line 16: I remain your obedient servant
line 17: Rebecca Hey Page 2
line 1: Leeds April twenty 1830
line 2: Revd Thomas Dale
line 3: Care of Messrs Hurst Chance & Co
line 4: St Pauls Church Yard
line 5: Messrs JW Sadler London