BIB_ID
394396
Accession number
MA 13228
Creator
Barton, Bernard, 1784-1849.
Display Date
1821 Dec. 31.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Postmarked with seal; addressed: Robert Southey Esqr. / Keswick / Cumberland.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Requesting an example of [Henry] Kirke White's handwriting, as well as an example of Southey's own hand, on behalf of a "young and fair friend" who is collecting autographs "of eminent literary personages"; going on to note that he is expecting to recieve his "first proof sheet", and that he has been too busy to see Major [Edward] Moor who has a letter for him from Southey.
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