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MS untraced; text is taken from John Wood Warter (ed.), Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, 4 vols (London, 1856) . Previously published: John Wood Warter (ed.), Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey, 4 vols (London, 1856), III, pp. 213–214.
These letters were edited with the assistance of Ian Packer and Lynda Pratt
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I have had a visit from Mrs. Fry upon the subject of George Fox, for my intention has made a stir among the
Quakers.
I have already got a number of useful books, among others the second edition of G. Fox’s Journal,
by which I perceive that the language hasthe first.
The first chapter must be a retrospective view of the history of religious opinions and parties in England. Prepared as
I am for the subject, it will yet cost me a good deal of reading. You must let me have Neal’s “History of the Puritans,” the original
work, (not the abridgement in two volumes which was published a few years ago);
That is a curious volume which you sent me of “Tracts against the Quakers.”
I see that the last edition of “Lardner”l.
6s.; please to send it me by waggon.