Letter : holograph, [Edmonton?], to Thomas Al[l]sop, London, [2 July 1832?]

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Letter : holograph, [Edmonton?], to Thomas Al[l]sop, London, [2 July 1832?]

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Plans to visit Allsop at Midsummer. Alludes to sister Mary's illness ("She is dead to me for many months.") Comments on previous letter from Allsop: "How you frighted me. Never write again 'Coleridge is dead' at the end of a line, and tamely come in with 'to his friends' at beginning of another." Signed: "C.L."

1 item (1 p.) ; 19.7 cm.

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