Letter from Dorothy Wordsworth, Grasmere, to Lady Beaumont, 1806 June 17 : autograph manuscript signed.

Announcing the birth of a son to William and Mary, relating the difficulty of the birth but saying the baby is thriving; comparing the day of this birth to the day John was born; discussing the uncertainty on what to name the baby as their first thought was to name him William but when Southey visited he was "...against William; he would keep the father's name distinct, and not have two William Wordsworths;" saying that her letter to William arrived yesterday with her sister's interesting account of climbing Mont Denvers; relating the fear she experienced in the whispering gallery in St. Paul's when she "...could not move one foot beyond another, and I retired immediately, unable to look down; and I am sure when the sense of personal danger should be added to that other bodily fear, it would be too much for me; therefore I had reason to sympathize with your sister in the course of her narrative;" hoping that she will find the Inn comfortable when she visits Grasmere; telling her that they received her second letter with the news of finding the Journal and saying how very glad they were that it was found; concluding, in a postscript, that she has expressed her objections to naming the baby William; adding that Dorothy loves her little brother.