BIB_ID
316192
Accession number
MA 1005.18
Creator
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
Display Date
[1828] July 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.6 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.
Written from "1. Harley Street."
Year of writing from a penciled notation on p. 1.
Recipient inferred from contents of the letter and its placement within the collection.
Written from "1. Harley Street."
Year of writing from a penciled notation on p. 1.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from E.H. Wells in 1924.
Summary
Regretting that he cannot accept his invitation but "a fortnights confinement under a surgeons care has prolonged my absence from home to an inconvenient length & I must go to the Hampshire coast for a few days before I can set my face homeward; quiet, fresh air & sea bathing will then I trust restore a little more flesh to my skeleton & strength to my limbs. The longer I should remain in London the less I should have of both. I shall return home freed from an infirmity which has hung upon my spirits & to a certain degree crippled me during the last thirteen years. There can be few greater pleasures than this for one in declining life who has no other wish for himself than that the remainder of his journey may be by a smooth & easy decline."
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