Addressed to Lady Beaumont, Grosvenor Square, London [crossed out]; readdresed to Lady Beaumont, Coleorton Hall, Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire.
Dated Grasmere 24 July [crossed out] August 1804.
Stamped "Keswick"; "AU A29 804"; "E AUG29 1804".
Residual wax.
Watermark: half of a man with 1802 below, inscribed in a circle, with a crown on top.
Part of the Coleorton Papers; see collection-level record for more information.
Announcing to Lady Beaumont about the healthy birth of Mary and William's daughter on the 18th and is named Dorothy; adding that she will be christened in a month and extending the invitation to her upon her performance of her promise, as long as she is not in the North during this time; hoping that next summer she will be able to bless her goddaughter personally; saying that the baby is "healthy enough, short enough, pretty enough, but is nothing extraordinary" and comparing her to John, the baby's older brother, as being less superior in all aspects; adding that Mrs. Coleridge and her children were with her sister three weeks before she became ill; stating that Sara Hutchinson is there as a nurse for Mary and staying for the christening; telling her that Johnny has been ill with a rash that caused them to summon a surgeon; mentioning that Hartley Coleridge was not sick at Grasmere, but Derwent seemed ill and that he was probably inheriting some of his father's health problems; adding that Mrs. Coleridge was well and had not news on Mr. Coleridge; saying that her brother sends his thanks to Sir George for his letter; telling Lady Beaumont that she must conclude the letter since she has an eye disorder, which she doesn't know how she got it or what causes it; complaining how it interrupts her reading, writing, etc.; showing her love and affection from her, her brother, and her sister.