215. Robert Bloomfield to Dr Edward
Jenner, 17 September 1807* Shepherd & Shepherdess City Road Sep 17,. 1807 To Dr Jenner Dear sir Several of these papers are past into my hands, I know not if
much is expected from any thing I can do, but I told my neighbour Swan [1] that I would write to Dr Jenner. And here I fulfill my
engagement, and say no more. I lost a MS. in the fire which will cost me some
trouble to reinstate; but as it consists of extracts relating to Eolus, I can
make it out again. [2] I beg you to accept Mrs B—s acknowledgements for
hers and all favours [3] —— Your Eagle
is a noble fellow and no doubt could, over a joint of meat, signalize himself in
a conspicuous manner.——I was much pleased with your Temple
It has not the air of affected rusticity as some of the kind have. [4] I hope you will promote the growth of Ivy,
and sit there many a returning Summer and hatch new mischief for the world. The post is jogging directly, and he brings my everlasting good
wishes and respects Sir Yours truly Rob Bloomfield Notes* John Rylands University Library
of Manchester, Eng. MS 725. Inlaid into vol. 4 of a 13 volume edition of
John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster Inlaid and Illustrated with Portraits, Views, Autograph Letters etc. 13 vols (London, 1874). BACK [1] Annotated in another hand: 'A sufferer from a destructive Fire'. BACK [2] Bloomfield is referring to the manuscript of Nature's Music. Consisting of Extracts from Several Authors with Practical Observations and Poetical
Testimonies in Honour of the Harp of Aeolus, which was published later the following year. BACK [3] Bloomfield thanks
Jenner for the gifts Jenner gave Mrs Bloomfield after Bloomfield completed
Good Tidings; or, News from the Farm. BACK [4] Jenner's Temple is a rustic hut in the garden of
his house at Berkeley, which Bloomfield had clearly visited with the Lloyd
Bakers when touring nearby Berkeley Castle. Jenner used the hut to
administer vaccinations. BACK |
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