BIB_ID
298546
Accession number
MA 213.1-3
Creator
Keats, John, 1795-1821.
Display Date
1818-1820.
Credit line
MA 213: Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
6 items, unbound ; size varies
Provenance
MA 213: Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the dealer Frank T. Sabin in 1909; MA 214: Sale (May 1902); sale (London, December 1906); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the dealer Frank T. Sabin in 1906; MA 791: Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch ca. 1911.
Summary
Collection consists of five letters (MA 213.1-2, MA 214.1-2 and MA 791), and one manuscript note formerly attributed to John Keats but probably not in his hand (MA 213.3). Letters give revisions to Endymion, and discuss his health and upcoming journey to Italy. One letter (MA 214.1) is addressed to Benjamin Robert Haydon, and one letter to Taylor (MA 214.2) enclosed an autograph will, which has been retained. Letters have been described individually in six catalog records; see related records for more information.
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