BIB_ID
316126
Accession number
MA 1005.10
Creator
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Display Date
1814 June 14.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (2 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
Informing him that he has written odes to the Prince Regent, the Emperor Alexander and the King of Prussia; apologizing that there wasn't time for him to see them before they "got into irrevocable ink;" asking his advice on whether it would be a "proper mark of respect to send copies to the Personages to whom these Odes are addressed."
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