Correspondence between Robert Southey and Grosvenor Charles Bedford, with some other letters, verse, and papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1792-1838
Extent
1.21 Linear metres (17 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. c. 22, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 22-27, d. 47-57
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12786
Abstract
Correspondence between Robert Southey and Grosvenor Charles Bedford
Biographical / Historical
Robert Southey (1774-1843) was a poet, journalist and biographer (details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography). Grosvenor Charles Bedford was Chief Clerk of the Audit Office.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40767-83.
Custodial History
The correspondence was owned by Bedford's great-niece, Mrs Erskine, of Milton Lodge, Gillingham, Dorset.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The correspondence was bought at Sotheby's in 1932.
Topical
- Title
- Correspondence between Robert Southey and Grosvenor Charles Bedford
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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