2171. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 3 November 1812

2171. Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 3 November 1812 ⁠* 

Dear Grosvenor

I had a daughter born yesterday, & all’s well.

You may keep these mss. [1]  as long as you please. Show them to Gifford & report to me his remarks. And when you have entirely done with them, consign them over to the Doctor.

Sendez-vous me some money as soon as you can, for I am pauperrimus [2] 

RS.

Nov 3. 1812.

Notes

* Endorsement: 3 Nov. 1812
MS: Bodleian Library, MS Eng. Lett. c. 24. ALS; 1p.
Unpublished. BACK

[1] A MS draft of part of Roderick, the Last of the Goths (1814). BACK

[2] Southey was ‘very poor’ because of his difficulties in getting payment from John Ballantyne for his work on the Edinburgh Annual Register. BACK

Addressee

Bedford, Grosvenor Charles (1773–1839)

People mentioned

Gifford, William (1756–1826) (mentioned 1 time)
Southey, Henry Herbert (1784–1865) (mentioned 1 time)
Southey, Isabel (1812–1826) (mentioned 1 time)
The Collected Letters of Robert Southey, Part Four
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