BIB_ID
300092
Accession number
MA 225.26
Creator
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
Display Date
Thursday [1806 Oct. 23].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 31.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark (OC 23 1806), and addressed to "Miss Stoddart / Salisbury." Docketed 22nd Octr. 1807.
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.
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
Thanking her for a package. Discussing Stoddart's recent marriage proposal from Mr. Dowling, agreeing with objections made by her brother Sir John Stoddart but noting that "upon the whole he does not seem to see it in an unfavorable light." Reporting that Sir John has asked Mary Lamb to assist in drawing up the marriage settlement and discussing it, encouraging her to allow her money to be given to the care of her husband. Mentioning that "if I had been blessed with a good fortune, and that marvellous blessing to boot, a husband, I verily believe I should have crammed it all uncounted into his pocket," but noting that Stoddart has "a cooler head." Stating that Charles has submitted an emended farce (of that mentioned in MA 225.25), and hoping that it will be staged. Referencing her Tales from Shakespear, hoping to write something else soon. xMentioning that they have not heard from Coleridge in a fortnight.
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