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Collection of letters and documents of Robert Southey, 1795-1837.

BIB_ID
287473
Accession number
MA 63.1-19
Creator
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Display Date
1795-1837.
Description
1 v. (19 items), bound ; 35.2 cm
Notes
This collection was assmebled in 1929. See individual records for information on the provenance of items within the collection.
Summary
Collection consists of 14 autograph letters signed (MA 63.2-13, 15-16) to various recipients, a fair copy of the first 8 stanzas of his poem "A Tale of Paraguay" (MA 63.1, here titled "Lines written in 1814 & intended to be prefixed to A Tale of Paraguay," and an autograph list of books with instructions to a binder (MA 63.14). Letters and manuscripts are cataloged separately in 16 records; see related records for more information.