BIB_ID
316077
Accession number
MA 1005.4
Creator
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Display Date
1812 June 10.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Robert Southey to John Wilson Croker. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter and its placement within the collection.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter and its placement within the collection.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from E.H. Wells in 1924.
Summary
Thanking him for putting forward his application; saying that he had "wished for the office, not merely because it would have secured to me a moderate competence, but because I should have made it my pride to discharge the duties which ought to attach to it. The opportunity is lost."
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