Letters from Robert Southey to his brother Henry, March 1798-April 1816, May 1816-Dec. 1826, Feb. 1827-Feb. 1839. The letters to his brother printed in J.W. Warter, Selections from the letters of Robert Southey (London, 1856) are not in this collection. Pre-1800 verse in Crum.
Dates
- Creation: 1798-1839
Extent
0.15 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Don. d. 3, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Don. d. 3-5
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 11382
Abstract
Letters of Robert Southey
Biographical / Historical
Robert Southey (1774-1843) was a poet, journalist and biographer. His brother, Henry Herbert Southey (1783-1865), was a physician. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 38982-4.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bought at Sotheby's, 21 Feb. 1927, lot 439, and given to the Library by the Friends of the Bodleian.
Topical
- Title
- Letters of Robert Southey
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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