SOUTHEY, ROBERT. Autograph letter signed to the Rev. W. Spencer Phillips in Gloucester, Keswick, 11 April 1833, 1 1/2 pages, 4to, integral address leaf, 2 fold tears in first leaf, address leaf (slightly) defective. A fine letter entirely regarding a literary project (in which he is assisted by a Mr. Davis): "...We have begun -- in due order -- with the beginning: & I am glad to find that the early materials are not so scanty as I had apprehended: & in themselves sufficiently interesting. It will not be long before I shall be able to estimate the probable extent of the work, & arrange its proportions in my own mind. If the subsequent materials were as lively, I should expect to produce an attractive book, but this is hardly to be hoped. What I must do is to dwell upon the important parts, & take care not to overlay them with documents. In the history of scholastic education, & the use & abuse of the great instrument which our friend introduced. Here is abundant matter for reflection..."; Autograph letter signed to a Mr. Locker, n.p., n.d., one page, 8vo, mounted, a brief social note; Fragment of an autograph letter signed (initials), n.p., 29 March n.y., 5 lines, an oblong, 8vo: "I am right glad to hear that Peter Bell is to make his appearance before the public & I should be more glad if Wordsworth were going to London upon the occasion, that we might travel together..."--CLARKSON, THOMAS (1760-1846, abolitionist). Two autograph letters signed TO ROBERT SOUTHEY, Purfleet and London, 25 January 1808 and 13 February 1809, together 6 pages, 4to, with address panels, the first letter with strips of mounting paper at left edges, the second tipped to larger sheet. The first, a fine, long letter entirely concerned with the printing, distribution, and financial arrangements "for [your] Work on the History of Portugal [?eventually Southey's History of Brasil, 1810-29]...You have to consider how many of such Volumes you could get rid of yourself -- how many could Wordsworth -- Coleridge...Myself -- and others..."; the second discussing the difficulties in finding employment for a mutual friend (a Mr. Fricker) because of the stagnant nature of trade at the time. With typed transcripts. (Milne) (5)

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SOUTHEY, ROBERT. Autograph letter signed to the Rev. W. Spencer Phillips in Gloucester, Keswick, 11 April 1833, 1 1/2 pages, 4to, integral address leaf, 2 fold tears in first leaf, address leaf (slightly) defective. A fine letter entirely regarding a literary project (in which he is assisted by a Mr. Davis): "...We have begun -- in due order -- with the beginning: & I am glad to find that the early materials are not so scanty as I had apprehended: & in themselves sufficiently interesting. It will not be long before I shall be able to estimate the probable extent of the work, & arrange its proportions in my own mind. If the subsequent materials were as lively, I should expect to produce an attractive book, but this is hardly to be hoped. What I must do is to dwell upon the important parts, & take care not to overlay them with documents. In the history of scholastic education, & the use & abuse of the great instrument which our friend introduced. Here is abundant matter for reflection..."; Autograph letter signed to a Mr. Locker, n.p., n.d., one page, 8vo, mounted, a brief social note; Fragment of an autograph letter signed (initials), n.p., 29 March n.y., 5 lines, an oblong, 8vo: "I am right glad to hear that Peter Bell is to make his appearance before the public & I should be more glad if Wordsworth were going to London upon the occasion, that we might travel together..."--CLARKSON, THOMAS (1760-1846, abolitionist). Two autograph letters signed TO ROBERT SOUTHEY, Purfleet and London, 25 January 1808 and 13 February 1809, together 6 pages, 4to, with address panels, the first letter with strips of mounting paper at left edges, the second tipped to larger sheet. The first, a fine, long letter entirely concerned with the printing, distribution, and financial arrangements "for [your] Work on the History of Portugal [?eventually Southey's History of Brasil, 1810-29]...You have to consider how many of such Volumes you could get rid of yourself -- how many could Wordsworth -- Coleridge...Myself -- and others..."; the second discussing the difficulties in finding employment for a mutual friend (a Mr. Fricker) because of the stagnant nature of trade at the time. With typed transcripts. (Milne) (5)