BIB_ID
403730
Accession number
MA 1581.234
Creator
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Display Date
Grasmere, England, 1806 June 3.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 23 x 18.6 cm
Notes
This letter was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wordsworth) 4.
This letter is from a large collection of letters written 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 1581.1-297).
Address panel with postmarks to "Lady Beaumont / Dunmow / Essex."
Wordsworth dates the letter June 23rd, however a note to the published letter cited below states "...this is clearly a mistake for '3rd' as he returned home on 25 May."
A note to the published letter cited below indicates that the Journal referred to was "Recollections of a Tour in Scotland", lent to the Beaumonts in manuscript.
This letter is from a large collection of letters written 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 1581.1-297).
Address panel with postmarks to "Lady Beaumont / Dunmow / Essex."
Wordsworth dates the letter June 23rd, however a note to the published letter cited below states "...this is clearly a mistake for '3rd' as he returned home on 25 May."
A note to the published letter cited below indicates that the Journal referred to was "Recollections of a Tour in Scotland", lent to the Beaumonts in manuscript.
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Informing her that he is back in Grasmere; describing how much his daughter, Dorothy, has changed in the two months he was away; saying that since he has been home, he has spent most of his time outdoors "...much of it in a wood by the Lake-side; a spot which you would love : The Muses without any wooing on my part came to me there one morning, and I murmured a few verses in which I did not forget Grosvenor Square, as you will know if I ever take up the strain again, for it is not finished;" discussing her summer visit and expressing concern about where she will stay; adding that he has received a long letter from Mr. Price with an invitation to visit him at Foxley, "...holding out the inducement of the neighbouring scenery of the Wye-;" sending his regards to Sir George; continuing with an additional note by Dorothy Wordsworth in her hand, saying that her brother handed her this letter to send, but she can't let it go without writing a note; thanking her for taking such good care of William and saying "...you have sent him home to us with looks and health so much improved that we know not how to express our happiness; adding that she will write soon with an answer about the cottage that her brother mentioned as they both agreed that "...you would not be at ease in the small confined room at the Inn;" apologizing, in a postscript, for the trouble the Journal has caused; saying "You are very good in taking charge of my Brother's concerns. I am afraid he left you a great deal to do, for he is a very bad manager of his own affairs, being so much used to leave all little things to us."
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