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National Library of Wales, MS 4811D. Previously published: Kenneth Curry (ed.), New Letters of Robert Southey, 2 vols (London and New York, 1965), I, pp. 132–134.
These letters were edited with the assistance of Carol Bolton, Tim Fulford and Ian Packer
For permission to publish the text of MSS in their possession, the editor wishes to thank the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library, Yale University; Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the Bodleian Library Oxford University; the British Library; Boston Public Library; the Syndics of Cambridge University Library; the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge; Haverford College, Connecticut; the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; the Hornby Library, Liverpool Libraries and Information Services; the Houghton Library, Harvard University; the John Rylands Library, Manchester; the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas; Luton Museum (Bedfordshire County Council); Massachusetts Historical Society; McGill University Library; the National Library of Scotland; the Newberry Library, Chicago; the New York Public Library (Pforzheimer Collections); the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; the Public Record Offices of Bedford, Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds) and Northumberland, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge; the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne; the Trustees of the William Salt Library, Stafford, the Wisbech and Fenland Museum; the University of Virginia Library.
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I have an anecdote of Kosciuskosto make him <it
should be> a cake of the very best materials. he did this himself, inscribed it in coloured carroways “to the gallant Kosciusko,
& set off with this, as much as he could carry, to the American Consuls where he was. his determined perseverance conquerd the
servants refusal, & up he went with his cake following the servant & repeating his set speech. But when he saw Kosciusko lying
on a couch — so emaciated — so pale — the poor fellow burst into tears, put down his cake, & ran out of the room without speaking a
word.
I have this minute received a cargo from Lisbon among in which are 25 views taken by
my Uncle on our road. some of these I must have engraved for a second
edition, & very beautiful they will be.
I told you my brothers adventures, but at that time did not know
the whole of the matter. his capture probably saved his life. for the mast was gone & every pump at work in the vessel which his
Captain
This business of poor Chattertons sister
You cannot conceive how my happiness is increased by being in the co[MS obscured] it is a new existence. every old
enjoyment is increased & [MS obscured] find a thousand new ones. Edith is
much better than when we left town. here is fine pickling & I take advantage of it. there is but one plague here (bating the forest
flies which I do not feel because I never ride) & that is the old Lady Strathmore
Lloyds poems
God bless you. When you come down to be chaired Bedford & I will get a sedan for you & eke out out constituents so that you may have enough to carry you. we shall find out the place by getting the exact latitude & steering by the compass.
however I can have a proof sheet twice a week, when Joan of Arc is printing, enclosed to you. xxxx tis an ill wind &c.
You ought to have been Sancho & then Dapple might
have gone in character