BIB_ID
403766
Accession number
MA 1581.268
Creator
Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855.
Display Date
Rydal, England, 1824 September 18.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 22 x 17.8 cm
Notes
This letter was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wordsworth) 38.
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 and fragment of a seal to "Lady Beaumont / Coleorton Hall / 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 with postmarks and fragment of a seal to "Lady Beaumont / Coleorton Hall / 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
Giving an account of seeing Sir George's friend Major Machell with his daughter and two young men; relating news of "our own Travellers" [William Wordsworth, Mary Wordsworth and Dora Wordsworth] who "...have thridded North Wales, and hardly left a celebrated spot unseen;" relating details of their travels from letters she has received from Dora; saying "...my Brother's poor eyes, which at some times were much inflamed; he, however, kept up his spirits, enjoyed every thing, and the whole journey seems to have gone off very well;" saying she has stayed at home to take care of "...William who is my first charge and care during his parents' absence, is much improved in strength and good looks since they left us. John is at Whitehaven with Mr. William Jackson;" saying she saw Sara Coleridge and "I cannot discover any ailment in examining her eyes, nor is there any inflammation on the Lids; but poor girl, she says the uneasiness is often very great, and she cannot endure a strong light. She is extremely thin; I could not but think of a lily Flower to be snapped by the first blast, when I looked at her delicate form, her fair and pallid cheeks;" adding that Sara Coleridge is busy with proof-sheets and Southey is much better, looks well and "...had been on Helvellyn the week before last, a proof of recovered strength!;" concluding that Southey has given up his expectation of seeing Sir George in the North; sending her regards to Sir George.
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