Letter from Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleorton, to Lady Beaumont, 1806 December 22 : autograph manuscript signed.

Sympathizing with her in her "...distress and anxiety for your dear Sister;" saying they are expecting Coleridge and Hartley to arrive but that Derwent is staying with Mrs. Coleridge until the spring; reporting on Coleridge's health, a "strange letter" from Mrs. Coleridge and her concerns for Coleridge's ability to lecture in London; expressing her hope that Coleridge had stopped drinking brandy, "...but here, I think, he will be tolerably safe; for we shall not have any to set before him, and we should be very loath to comply with his request if he were to ask for it;" saying her brother is writing a long letter to her in which he will detail his plans for the winter garden; describing the "...boisterous and very rainy weather which has kept us chiefly in the house;" informing her that the packages had arrived, asking her in what room she should put the bed for Mr. Dance; describing the sleeping arrangement they have settled on for themselves; asking that when she reads her journal of her tour in Scotland she should keep in mind that what she wrote were merely recollections and she would like her to overlook any inaccuracies she may have made, especially as the last part was written two years after the journey; adding, in a postscript dated Saturday Morning, that Coleridge did not arrive last night and that it is now twelve o'clock, so they don't expect him until the next coach, and if the coach is late Coleridge will have to spend the night at Loughborough.