BIB_ID
403735
Accession number
MA 1581.238
Creator
Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855.
Display Date
Grasmere, England, 1806 July 23.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (6 pages, with address) ; 23.1 x 18.7 cm
Notes
This letter was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wordsworth) 8.
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 with postmark to "Lady Beaumont / Coleorton / Ashby de la Zouche / Leicestershire."
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 with postmark to "Lady Beaumont / Coleorton / Ashby de la Zouche / Leicestershire."
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Expressing her disappointment that they will not see her "...here this summer;" reporting that Mrs. Wordsworth's health is improving; relating a walk she and William took with Wordsworth's daughter, Dora, "...over the high mountain pass betwixt Grasmere and Patterdale, by which road we were going to Park House to remove the Child from the danger of catching the hooping-cough which is prevalent at Grasmere;" describing how well Dora took the trip and the welcome they received from Johnny despite an injury he sustained when he "...fell through a hay-rack, and got a severe blow on this cheek, which though there is no scar, has left an indention or hole in the cheek;" expressing her gratitude to Lady Beaumont for the £5 she sent to her old servant who suffered losses after a fire in her home; relating, at length, the specific details of the fire, her losses and her family; adding that she is happy that Sir George's health has improved and expressing hope that they might be able to visit in the autumn; adding, in a postscript, that she "...said nothing about our residence for the winter. The truth is, that the thought of being in your house and not seeing you always hangs heavy upon us; and if we can meet with a place here, (but I am afraid we shall not) we shall take it, and next autumn if your house be still at liberty we can spend two or three months near you; I must add, however, that we do not dread any of the inconveniences you mention. We have left both John and Dorothy at Park house. William's disposition to procrastinate has yet prevented him from writing to Sir George, who will, he knows, excuse him. He is going on with The Recluse."
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