Journal by Dorothy Wordsworth, late 1805 or early 1806 : autograph manuscript.

This journal was not composed by Dorothy Wordsworth during the journey it describes; it is a reconstruction of the events of the week. An earlier iteration of the text, probably also composed after the fact, is held at the Wordsworth Trust and identified as DCMS 51. Dorothy Wordsworth appears to have created this clean, revised version for Lady Margaret Beaumont, probably not long after she created DCMS 51.
The first page of the journal contains a note reading "a mountainous ramble / by D. Wordsworth / sister to the poet". This is most likely in the hand of Lady Margaret Beaumont.
The dating in the account is slightly inaccurate: though the date span given in the journal is November 7-13, the actual dates of the trip were November 6-12.
This manuscript was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wordsworth) 3.
This manuscript is from a large collection of letters and manuscripts addressed to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall and to other members of the Beaumont family. See collection-level record for more information (MA 1581.1-284).