BIB_ID
403738
Accession number
MA 1581.241
Creator
Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855.
Display Date
Grasmere, England, 1806 August 15.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.8 x 18.7 cm
Notes
This letter was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wordsworth) 11.
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 to "Lady Beaumont / Coleorton / Ashby de la Zouche / Leicestershire."
Year of writing from published letter cited below.
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 to "Lady Beaumont / Coleorton / Ashby de la Zouche / Leicestershire."
Year of writing from published letter cited below.
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Sharing her news of Coleridge; saying "...Coleridge is actually in sight of his own dear Country. He is now off Portsmouth where he must remain to perform quarantine. A Mr. Russel, an artist, is with him, and by his means we have heard; for Coleridge has not written himself...the letter does not mention when they arrived, nor the name of the Ship. My Brother and Sister and little Thomas are at Park house. My joy at Coleridge's return will be quite a burthen to me till I know that they too have received the news;" adding that William intends to call upon Lord Lowther before his return and that they were deeply affected by Sir George's letter which William received before he left for Park house; expressing her hope that Sir George has recovered "...his spirits after the severe and painful shock he has had; for death when it comes to a young person, is a shock for the survivors, however truly we may feel that it was a merciful dispensation;" adding, in a postscript, that she will transcribe the Michelangelo sonnet, the translation of which William sent Sir George.
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