BIB_ID
415604
Accession number
MA 1852.24
Creator
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834.
Display Date
Bristol, England, 1813 November 5.
Credit line
Purchased from Joanna Langlais, 1957.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 24.1 x 19.2 cm
Notes
This collection, MA 1852, is comprised of 40 autograph letters signed from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Mr. and Mrs. John James Morgan, written from November 1807 through October 1826. Coleridge lived with the Morgans from 1810-1816.
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 postmarks to "Mrs. Morgan / 19, London Street / Fitzroy Square / London."
Coleridge dates the letter "Friday Morning, 9 o'clock. No. 2. Queen's Square." The postmark is November 5, 1813. November 5th was a Friday. Place of writing from contents of the letter.
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 postmarks to "Mrs. Morgan / 19, London Street / Fitzroy Square / London."
Coleridge dates the letter "Friday Morning, 9 o'clock. No. 2. Queen's Square." The postmark is November 5, 1813. November 5th was a Friday. Place of writing from contents of the letter.
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
Explaining why she had not heard from him and saying his Lecture the previous evening was a great success; continuing the letter two hours later to tell her he had just received her letter; discussing the details of her debt to Mr. Lloyd, his understanding of the payment schedule and explaining why it had not all been paid off at once; saying "The reason for not paying off all at once was to delay it for two months from his acceptance of Charlotte, as the sole Proprietor - after which time M. would be free from all chance of Bankruptcy from the Bill-holders. This is, however, I hope & trust, of no great consequence;" admitting he is not entirely sure of the arrangement as she explained it in her letter with respect to the terms of future installment payments; saying he will write again on Sunday and asking her to let him know, by return post, how much money she needs for herself.
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