The Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of 20 pieces of writings and 26 pieces of correspondence. The writings include: a holograph corrected proof of his "Sonnet 8: To the Author of the 'Robbers'" ;...
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The Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of 20 pieces of writings and 26 pieces of correspondence. The writings include: a holograph corrected proof of his "Sonnet 8: To the Author of the 'Robbers'" ; fifteen holograph poems (only six of which were published during Coleridge's lifetime) ; two poems by William Lisle Bowles and one poem by Robert Southey, each copied out in Coleridge's hand ; a presentation inscription ; and a legal document with his signature. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1792 and 1794 and discusses both his professional and personal lives, most of which is published in the Collected Letters edited by E. L. Griggs. Correspondents include: Mary Evans, his first love, Sara Fricker Coleridge, his wife ; Mary Robinson, author and actress ; Charles Augustus Tulk, Swedenborgian writer and politician ; and over a dozen others.
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