_Coleridge's "Friend"_ (Vol. v., p. 351.).--Mr. Crewe, the bookseller of
Newcastle-under-Lyne, has communicated to me some corrections upon my
last notice. The great potter's name was _Josiah_, not Joseph. This was
an accidental _lapsus memoriæ_ on my part. Wedgwood is spelt without the
_e_, though I believe it has been spelt both ways by the family. It
seems that Miss Sarah Wedgwood is still alive, and till lately resided
at Camphill, Maer; but the Maer estate has been sold to Mr. Wm.
Davenport, and she now resides near London. Mr. Crewe sends me the
following extract, which confirms the identity of the munificent
co-patron of Coleridge.
"_Extract from a Letter from Coleridge to Wordsworth, dated
Shrewsbury, January, 1798._
"You know that I have accepted the munificent liberality of Josiah
[Joshua?] and Thomas Wedgwood; I accepted it on the presumption
that I had talents, honesty, and propensities to persevering
effort."--_Memoirs of Wordsworth_, vol. i. p. 116.