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Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Hunt, November 4, 1813

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Title	Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Hunt, November 4, 1813
Creator	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
Date Original	1813-11-04
Description	Concerning health and family matters; an anticipated visit from Mr. Cawthorne regarding Hunt’s verses to be published soon; a Chronicle that Hunt encloses with unnamed “great & glorious news;” some money that he sends with regrets that he cannot send more.
Note	Part of a series of 33 autograph letters exchanged between Leigh (in Surrey jail, Southwark) and Marianne Hunt (in Brighton) during Leigh Hunt's imprisonment for libel.
Personal Name Subject	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Hunt, Marianne Kent, 1788-1857
Geographic Subject	England -- London -- Southwark
Chronological Subject	1810-1820
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Correspondence
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection
Collection Guide	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html
Location	bound MsL H94hum5 leaf 75 (one of 33 letters in MsL H94hum5)
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
Contact Information	Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Height (cm)	20.4
Width (cm)	12.5
Number of Pages	4
Number of Sheets of Paper	1
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.
Date Digital	2009-03-25
Transcript	Surry Jail—4th. Nov. 1813. Quarter past eleven. My dearest Girl, I should have answered your letter at the length which it deserves, but I am ashamed to say that it has found me this minute at breakfast. I know not how it is, but for these two mornings I have been so unaccountably sleepy that all summonses were in vain:—-I no sooner heard the knock & was told the hour, than I fell asleep again. These symptoms would by no means be agreeable to me, had I returned to my entire nervousness; but that is not the case; I certainly continue to mend, & do hope, as you anticipate, to be chearful & happy again with you all. --I do not go to bed late, & it has struck me that I ought to arise earlier than usual, for I wake about the time that the other prisoners get up, & cannot sleep again though I try;--after an hour of wakefulness & freshness, the sleepiness returns, & then I lie till I'm fairly tired. If I wake so tomorrow morning, I shall certainly get up.—You do perfectly right with dear lit¬tle John. I miss Thornton & you more & more every night, but then my spirits are so much quieter, & the weather promises to do you all so much good, that it would be hard if I could not bear the privation now I am in com¬parative comfort, when I have borne it in silent agonies. But we will not think of former sufferings. God bless you, my ever dear love: --I shall expect you on Sunday, unless you think the day would be lost in point of health; but I hope you will have reason to think otherwise. I would write on, & pour forth all my tenderness towards you, but this morning inactivity of mine will not let me. I expect Mr. C. at twelve for some copy which I have not got ready for him. The verses are printed, & a good part of the notes gone to press: --the book will certainly be out by the first of next month.—I send you a Chronicle, that you may see the great & glorious news that has arrived: --God grant it may be ultimately beneficial to all parties & to the repose of the world. Your ever affectionate husband L. H. P.S. When Margaret came in upon us, curtseying & grin¬ning, I could not think who it was. --You did not tell me how my boy liked the pictures.— I I have kept Margaret waiting a little latterly; but she might have gone off with this letter before 12, had she been ready. She went out on some errand for you, I believe; /It is/ and in the mean time, Mr. H. Field & Miss F. came in. The latter begs to be remembered to you, & will come & dine with you on Monday should you be in town, so that in order to be able to spend the evening with her, perhaps you had better come from Sydenham on Monday instead of Sunday. --It is lucky for you however that Margaret waited, for I have just received some money from my brother, though I am sorry I can send you only 4 pounds out of 9, as the man from whom I hire the piano has sent here and is to call again tomorrow for his bill, which comes to ₤4.13.6. You must consider however the present money not as the sum you were to receive; & I will take care you shall have all you want before next Thursday.—It grieves me that so much should be taken away from me at such a time for a luxury which at present I hardly taste;—but perhaps it is as well altogether. Mrs. Leigh Hunt, at Mrs. Stollard's, Sydenham.
Transcript By	Brewer, Luther
Transcript Location	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Relation - Is Part Of	Leigh Hunt letter to Marianne Hunt, Nov. 4, 1813
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
File Name	h94hum5-75_Page1.jpg
Transcript	Surry Jail-4th. Nov. 1813. Quarter past eleven. My dearest Girl, I should have answered your letter at the length which it deserves, but I am ashamed to say that it has found me this minute at breakfast. I know not how it is, but for these two mornings I have been so unaccountably sleepy that all summonses were in vain:--I no sooner heard the knock & was told the hour, than I fell asleep again. These symptoms would by no means be agreeable to me, had I returned to my entire nervousness; but that is not the case; I certainly continue to mend, & do hope, as you anticipate, to be chearful & happy again with you all. --I do not go to bed late, & it has struck me that I ought to arise earlier than usual, for I wake about the time that the other prisoners get up, & cannot sleep again though I try;--after an hour of wakefulness & freshness, the sleepiness returns, & then I lie till I'm fairly tired. If I wake so tomorrow morning, I shall certainly get up.-You do perfectly right with dear little John. I miss Thornton & you more & more every night, but then my spirits are so much quieter, & the weather promises to do you all so much good,

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