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Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to John Taylor, 1818 Apr. 9.

BIB_ID
129078
Accession number
MA 215.34
Creator
Bailey, Benjamin, 1791-1853.
Display Date
1818 Apr. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection, assembled by Richard Woodhouse, of letters and manuscripts relating to the English poet John Keats. Items in the collection have been described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 215 for more information.
Provenance
Part of a collection assembled by Richard Woodhouse; by descent in 1834 to the publisher John Taylor; by descent in 1864 to his relatives, descending finally to his niece by marriage, Mrs. George Taylor of Bakewell, Derbyshire; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Frank T. Sabin in 1906.
Summary
Discussing the power of Keats's poetry and offering to "answer any attack upon him" and to write a review of "Endymion." Mentioning Dikle's review of Bailey's sermon, and discussing his ordination.