![SOUTHEY, Robert (1774-1843). Autograph letter signed ('R. Southey') to J[ohn] J[ames] Morgan, Keswick, 1 July 1812, drawing Morgan's attention to an attack on Coleridge (although the latter is not identified by name) in a recent number of The Examiner, 'Hunt ought to be well horsewhipped. Gentlemen who make this kind of use of the liberty of the press must expect that the liberty of the horsewhip will be the natural consequences', asking Morgan to press 'C[oleridge]' to write to 'Mrs C[oleridge]', 'he promised to send the boys some books of which they are in want', and discussing the travel arrangements of [George] Dawe including problems over his trunk which Southey describes as 'very knavish', 1½ pages, 4to, integral address leaf, postmarks (seal tear repaired); together with an autograph manuscript signed ('Robert Southey') of a poem about a skylark entitled A Bravura Song beginning 'Up with me, up with me, into the sky', 68 lines, 4 pages, 8vo.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1995/CKS/1995_CKS_05424_0369_000(103238).jpg?w=1)
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SOUTHEY, Robert (1774-1843). Autograph letter signed ('R. Southey') to J[ohn] J[ames] Morgan, Keswick, 1 July 1812, drawing Morgan's attention to an attack on Coleridge (although the latter is not identified by name) in a recent number of The Examiner, 'Hunt ought to be well horsewhipped. Gentlemen who make this kind of use of the liberty of the press must expect that the liberty of the horsewhip will be the natural consequences', asking Morgan to press 'C[oleridge]' to write to 'Mrs C[oleridge]', 'he promised to send the boys some books of which they are in want', and discussing the travel arrangements of [George] Dawe including problems over his trunk which Southey describes as 'very knavish', 1½ pages, 4to, integral address leaf, postmarks (seal tear repaired); together with an autograph manuscript signed ('Robert Southey') of a poem about a skylark entitled A Bravura Song beginning 'Up with me, up with me, into the sky', 68 lines, 4 pages, 8vo.
John James Morgan (d.1820) was a contemporary of Southey at school in Bristol. After Coleridge had left his wife, Sara, and children (largely dependant on Southey), he spent most of the period between 1810 and 1816 lodging with Morgan. Leigh Hunt and his brother John had founded The Examiner in 1808. They were tried in December 1812 for libelling the Prince Regent and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
Dawe is best best known for his series of portraits commissioned by Tsar Alexander I of the senior Russian officers who fought against Napoleon. A letter of Southey to his brother, Thomas, of 28 August 1812 describes the introductions Southey had given Dawe on his journey to the north of England (see Kenneth Curry, ed. New Letters of Robert Southey, 1965, II, p.39). Not published in C.C. Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, of J.W. Warter, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey. Curry includes three letters of Southey to Morgan but not the letter offered for sale. (2)
John James Morgan (d.1820) was a contemporary of Southey at school in Bristol. After Coleridge had left his wife, Sara, and children (largely dependant on Southey), he spent most of the period between 1810 and 1816 lodging with Morgan. Leigh Hunt and his brother John had founded The Examiner in 1808. They were tried in December 1812 for libelling the Prince Regent and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
Dawe is best best known for his series of portraits commissioned by Tsar Alexander I of the senior Russian officers who fought against Napoleon. A letter of Southey to his brother, Thomas, of 28 August 1812 describes the introductions Southey had given Dawe on his journey to the north of England (see Kenneth Curry, ed. New Letters of Robert Southey, 1965, II, p.39). Not published in C.C. Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, of J.W. Warter, Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey. Curry includes three letters of Southey to Morgan but not the letter offered for sale. (2)