TENNYSON, Lord Alfred, (1809-92) English poet, Poet Laureate 1850-92. Autograph letter signed. To Vernon Lushington, congratulating him on his marriage. Farringford, February 1st 1865.

'Dear Vernon, I am happy in your happiness. God speed you - Comteist tho you be. Do you honeymoon here? And can we help about a house? I have got one which I hope will be empty, when you come if you come.'

One side with integral blank, with the original envelope and Tennyson's monogrammed wax seal.

Cataloguer's note: A comteist is a follower of the philosophical system of Auguste Comte, the founder of Positivism. Vernon Lushington was a noted Positivist.