3174. Robert Southey to John Hill Lovell, 29 July 1818

3174. Robert Southey to John Hill Lovell, 29 July 1818 ⁠* 

Keswick. 29 July. 1818

Sir

Mrs Coleridge, having opened your letter in her husbands absence, has desired me to reply to it. We do not know Robert Lovells residence, but a letter will be forwarded to him, free of postage, if it be sent under cover to John Rickman Esqre, St Stephens Court, New Palace Yard, Westminster. It is thro this channel that we communicate with him. He is at present in the employ of Mr Hansard, [1]  Printer to the House of Commons, – & if industry, frugality, good principles, & good conduct could insure success in life, I am happy to say that I do not know any person who would have a fairer prospect.

I am Sir

Yrs &c

Robert Southey.

Notes

* Address: Fisher, King & Lovell/ Bristol/ Paid./ J.H.L.
Stamped: KESWICK/ 298
MS: Cornell University Library. ALS; 1p. (c).
Previously published: S. T. Townshend Mayer, ‘Robert Southey and Robert Lovell the Younger’, Notes and Queries, 4th series, 5 (1870), 171. BACK

[1] Luke Hansard (1752–1828; DNB) printed the Journal of the House of Commons from 1774. BACK

Addressee

Lovell, John Hill (1790–1855)

People mentioned

Fricker, Sarah (1770–1845) (mentioned 1 time)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772–1834) (mentioned 1 time)
Lovell, Robert, Junior (1795–1836) (mentioned 1 time)
Rickman, John (1771–1840) (mentioned 1 time)

Places mentioned

Keswick (mentioned 1 time)
The Collected Letters of Robert Southey, Part Five
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