Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Sarah Stoddart, undated [1804 Mar.].

BIB_ID
122418
Accession number
MA 225.21
Creator
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
Display Date
undated [1804 Mar.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 32.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Miss Stoddart."
Part of a collection of letters and poems of Charles and Mary Lamb. Items in the collection are described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 225 for more information.
Sarah Stoddart was the sister of Sir John Stoddart, kings advocate at Malta. In 1808 she married William Hazlitt (1778-1830); in 1822 they were divorced.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Discussing Coleridge's health and his upcoming journey to Malta (noting that he will carry this letter), and asking the Stoddarts to look after him when he arrives. Musing on the length of time it takes a letter to travel between England and Malta, and asking her to "tell me all about it, everything that is pleasant, and everything unpleasant, that befalls you." Mentioning mutual acquaintances. With a postscript signed by Charles Lamb reading "How-do? How-do? No time to write. S.T.C. going off in a great hurry. Ch. Lamb."