This collection, MA 1849, is comprised of forty-six autograph letters signed from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to his wife, Sara Coleridge, written between 1802 and 1824.
This letter is from the Joanna Langlais Collection, a large collection of letters written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge to various recipients. The collection has been divided into subsets, based primarily on Coleridge's addressees, and these sub-collections have been cataloged individually as MA 1848- MA 1857.
Telling her that Davy "...begins his Lectures, much earlier than I expected - & I am determined to attend the whole course;" adding that if all goes as he hopes he expects to return to her by the middle of March; adding that his health is improved and urging her to "...make your[self] flannel Drawers, &c, as I advised - [and] instantly, get the fluid Essence [of] Mustard - & that you have already [begun] to take the Mustard Pills, night & morning. Do it regularly & perseverant[tly,] or it will not signify a farthing."