BIB_ID
414967
Accession number
MA 1849.11
Creator
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834.
Display Date
Glenridding, England, 1803 January 5.
Credit line
Purchased from Joanna Langlais, 1957.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 21.5 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Coleridge dates this letter "1802" but it is 1803. He also dates it to "Wednesday night
The bottom third of pages 1 and 2 and the top quarter of pages 3 and 4 have been cut off.
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.
Address panel with postmark and fragments of a seal to "Mrs. Coleridge / Greta Hall / Keswick / Cumberland / by favor / of Agatha / Fleming."
The bottom third of pages 1 and 2 and the top quarter of pages 3 and 4 have been cut off.
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.
Address panel with postmark and fragments of a seal to "Mrs. Coleridge / Greta Hall / Keswick / Cumberland / by favor / of Agatha / Fleming."
Provenance
Purchased from Joanna Langlais in 1957 as a gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of Mrs. W. Murray Crane, Mr. Homer D. Crotty, Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, Mr. Robert H. Taylor and Mrs. Landon K. Thorne. Formerly in the possession of Ernest Hartley Coleridge and Thomas Burdett Money-Coutts, Baron Latymer.
Summary
Apologizing for his behavior towards her but adding "We cannot get rid of our faulty Habits all at once; but I am fully sensible, that I have been faulty in many things; tho' justice to myself compels me to add, not without provocation;" saying he will work to correct his faults "...& it is my hourly & serious Resolve to endeavor to correct all little overflows of Temper, & offensive vehemence of manner, look, & language - & above all things never, never either to blame you, or banter you in the presence of a third person. On the other hand, you must make up your mind to receive with love & a ready & docile mind any thing that I say seriously & lovingly to you, when we are alone;" comparing her to the Wordsworths and Sara Hutchinson; saying it is possible he will bring Sara Hutchinson with him on his return to Keswick to treat a toothache which she has; suggesting stricter measures for her to take with their children in regard to their behavior and diet.
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