1291. Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, [c. 19 March 1807]*
My dear Wynn
My first poems are gone to the press for the fifth time.1 I have amended them by some omissions – having neither leisure nor inclination for any thing further.
I get on well with my S American book – the title will most probably be Brazil & Paraguay2 – How is your daughter? Has she yet a name or is she still in danger of limbo?3
RS
Notes
Address: To/ C W Williams Wynn Esqr M.P./ Whitehall/ London/
Private
Stamped: KESWICK/ 298
Postmark: FREE/ MAR 19/ 1807
MS: National Library of Wales, MS
4812D. ALS; 2p.
Unpublished. Back
1. Poems by Robert Southey was first published in 1797, with further editions appearing in 1800, 1801, 1806, 1808. Back
2. The published book was called the History of Brazil, 3 vols (1810–1819). Back
3. Wynn’s wife, Mary, had given birth to their first child, in January. She was named Charlotte Williams-Wynn (1807–1869; DNB). Back