2759. Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, [17 April 1816]

2759. Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, [17 April 1816] ⁠* 

Wednesday

My dear Tom

My last will have taught you what to expect. All is over. God has been merciful to us – made his passage easy. I will not tell you what I have lost, – but even at the worst I am truly thankful for having had such a child, – & as long as I live one of my deepest pleasures will be the prospect of meeting him again. [1] 

God grant that you may be spared such affliction as this.

RS.

Notes

* Address: To/ Capt Southey RN/ Warcop Hall/ near/ Appleby
Stamped: KESWICK/ 298
MS: British Library, Add MS 47890. ALS; 2p.
Unpublished.
Dating note: Dating from content, the letter was written immediately after the death of Herbert Southey on Wednesday 17 April 1817. BACK

[1] Southey’s son Herbert had just died. BACK

Addressee

Southey, Thomas (‘Tom’) [brother] (1777–1838)

People mentioned

Southey, Herbert (1806–1816) (mentioned 1 time)
The Collected Letters of Robert Southey, Part Five
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