3316. Robert Southey to Henry Herbert Southey, 13 June 1819
3316. Robert Southey to Henry Herbert Southey, 13 June 1819*
My dear Harry
I must put off my journey till the fall of the leaf, – because it would not be possible for me to return from it in time to accomplish an expedition which has been projected several years & every year postponed, till postponement is no longer possible. – It is to join Rickman in his visit to the Caledonian Canal, which he & Telford are going to look at before the final Report is drawn up. [1]
We are going on not altogether without anxiety. Cuthbert has a bilious attack, – I hope it will prove a slight one, & that it is going off. Edith is much better, but has still a fullness & uneasiness in one of her breasts. I was on Saddleback yesterday with Wordsworth & Calvert. You will be pleased with W.s. Waggoner, [2] – having so often tramped the road. It was poor Jackson’s waggon, – out of which came the money where with this domus was erected <which paid for this domus>, – “the house that Jackson built.” [3]
God bless you
RS.
Keswick 13 June. 1819.
Notes
* Address: To/ Dr
Southey/ Queen Anne Street/ Cavendish Square/ London
Stamped: KESWICK/ 298
Postmark: E/ 15 JU 15/ 1819
MS:
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery, KESMG 1996.5.101. ALS; 2p.
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