BIB_ID
316117
Accession number
MA 1005.8
Creator
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Display Date
[1813] Oct. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.8 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.
Written from "28, Queen Ann Street" which is the home of his brother, Dr. Southey.
Year of writing from penciled notation on p. 1.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter and its placement within the collection.
Written from "28, Queen Ann Street" which is the home of his brother, Dr. Southey.
Year of writing from penciled notation on p. 1.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from E.H. Wells in 1924.
Summary
Thanking him for "vesting the income of the Laureateship in a life insurance;" saying that it will "give my family three thousand pounds at my death;" accepting his invitation for "Thursday in the next week."
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