4102. Robert Southey to Charles Cuthbert Southey [fragment], [18 December 1823]

 

Address: To/ Charles Cuthbert Southey/ Keswick
Endorsement: About 1823 or 1824/ R Southey to C C Southey
MS: Beinecke Library, Osborn MSS File ‘S’, Folder 14159. AL; 3p.
Unpublished.
Dating note: Southey here says he is leaving London for Streatham that day; in Southey to Edith Southey, 24 December[–26 December] 1823 (Letter 4106), he states he left London for Streatham on 18 December 1823.

My dear good boy

Your cousin Robert

(1)

Robert Southey, Jnr (b. 1817), eldest son of Henry Herbert Southey.

was very much pleased with your letter, & so we all were. He would like very much to come to Keswick & go in the boat

(2)

The Southey family kept a boat, the Royal Noah, for expeditions on Derwentwater.

with you.

I saw your god-brother little Charles Herries

(3)

Sir Charles John Herries (1815–1883; DNB), eldest son of J. C. Herries, and in later life a financier.

at Montreal Park.

(4)

Montreal Park, near Sevenoaks, Kent, a large Palladian mansion commissioned by Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797; DNB), and rented by J. C. Herries.

Some time ago he fell down & knocked two of his front teeth almost out. His mouth was so hurt that they sent for a surgeon, & the poor little boy had to wait some hours before he could be found, & then the teeth were taken out, but he was such a good brave little boy that he never once cried nor made any [MS missing]

Your cousin Henry

(5)

Henry Herbert Southey, Jnr (1822–1829), son of Henry Herbert Southey.

is just able to walk by himself. To day I shall see my cousins Marquis Bruin & Earl Bruin as I used to call them.

Now I have no time for writing more, because I am going to Streatham, & have a great deal to do first. So God bless you my good child. Give my love to Bertha & Kate & Bell. I hope that good cat Rumpelstilzchen is well, & Hurliburlibuss, & all my other friends. Mr Hansard

(6)

Luke Hansard (1752–1828; DNB), owner of the firms which printed the Journals of the House of Commons and the Parliamentary Debates. He was the employer of Robert Lovell, Jnr.

has a finer cat than any in Keswick.

I hope you will write me another letter soon, & you may send me one for Aunt Mary if you like, for I shall soon go to [MS missing]

Notes

1. Robert Southey, Jnr (b. 1817), eldest son of Henry Herbert Southey.[back]
2. The Southey family kept a boat, the Royal Noah, for expeditions on Derwentwater.[back]
3. Sir Charles John Herries (1815–1883; DNB), eldest son of J. C. Herries, and in later life a financier.[back]
4. Montreal Park, near Sevenoaks, Kent, a large Palladian mansion commissioned by Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797; DNB), and rented by J. C. Herries.[back]
5. Henry Herbert Southey, Jnr (1822–1829), son of Henry Herbert Southey.[back]
6. Luke Hansard (1752–1828; DNB), owner of the firms which printed the Journals of the House of Commons and the Parliamentary Debates. He was the employer of Robert Lovell, Jnr.[back]
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