BIB_ID
286681
Accession number
MA 642.12
Creator
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834.
Display Date
1825 Oct. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 16 autograph letters signed from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to his nephew, Edward Coleridge, a Master at Eton. Letters are described in 16 individual records (MA 642.1-16).
The letter is also dated "Tuesday afternoon."
With postmark and seal.
The letter is also dated "Tuesday afternoon."
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from Agnew.
Summary
Making arrangements to retrieve Henry Gillman from Eton; describing Mrs. Gillman's reaction on learning that her son was being sent down from Eton; suggesting that he and the Gillmans suspected Henry was not doing well at Eton; noting that they were perplexed by Edward's report of Henry's "personal uncleanliness" and an "act of indencency."
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