4193. Robert Southey to James Jennings, 28 May 1824

 

Address: To/ James Jennings Esqre/ 9. Dalby Terrace/ City Road
Stamped: [partial] Bge St Westm
Postmarks: 2 A NOON/ 1 JU/ 1824; [partial] 4 EVEN/ U 1/ 82
MS: Cornell University Library. ALS; 2p.
Unpublished.

My dear Jennings

A mark of honour from any Literary Society ought always to be received as it is intended; – therefore I shall very willingly accept that which you announce.

(1)

Southey had been elected an honorary member of the Metropolitan Literary Institution, founded in 1823 at 6 Chatham Place, London. Members could take advantage of a circulating and a reference library and a reading room, and attend lectures by invited speakers. Its Honorary Secretary was James Jennings.

I am glad to hear that Mrs J.

(2)

James Jennings’s second wife, Sarah, née Rouquet (d. 1830), daughter of James Rouquet (c. 1762–1837), Vicar of West Harptree, Somerset 1789–1837. The couple had married in 1807.

is convalescent. Summer which regularly places me upon the sick list,

(3)

Southey suffered very badly from hay fever.

I hope will accelerate her recovery.

Believe me
Yrs faithfully
R Southey.

Keswick. 28 May. 1824.

Notes

1. Southey had been elected an honorary member of the Metropolitan Literary Institution, founded in 1823 at 6 Chatham Place, London. Members could take advantage of a circulating and a reference library and a reading room, and attend lectures by invited speakers. Its Honorary Secretary was James Jennings.[back]
2. James Jennings’s second wife, Sarah, née Rouquet (d. 1830), daughter of James Rouquet (c. 1762–1837), Vicar of West Harptree, Somerset 1789–1837. The couple had married in 1807.[back]
3. Southey suffered very badly from hay fever.[back]
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