3756. Robert Southey to John Rickman, [shortly after 8 December 1821]

3756. Robert Southey to John Rickman, [shortly after 8 December 1821] *
My dear R.
I send Pople a packet of scraps, which xxxx scraps require an inclosure. They conclude my labours with this reprint. [1]
The Capt. was so much broken when I was last in town that I thought it little likely I should ever see him again. His death was of that kind which one must needs wish for oneself. But of course I did not xxx see it in the newspapers without a natural shock. [2] – Poor man; I am reading Kotzebues [3] voyage, & the thought constantly occurs how interested he, above all men, would have been with it.
The Printers are pursuing me, – or I should have sent more journal [4] –
God bless you
RS.
Notes
* MS: Huntington Library, RS 421.
ALS; 1p.
Unpublished.
Dating note: The content indicates that the letter
was written shortly after that to Herbert Hill, 8 December 1821, Letter
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