Robert Southey, English poet and reviewer. The Robert Southey manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. Among the writings are a number of holograph poems (including "Pilgrim to Compostella" and "Ode on the Death of Queen Charlotte") and a substantial part of the manuscript of the Annual Anthology for 1799. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1824 and 1838. Correspondents include: Bernard Barton, poet; Amelia Opie, novelist and poet; Anna Seward, poet; and over thirty others.
