BIB_ID
403769
Accession number
MA 1581.272
Creator
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Display Date
Rydal, England, 1829 July 19.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 23.2 x 18.8 cm
Notes
This letter was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wordsworth) 42.
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 seal to "Sir George H.W. Beaumont Bar't / Grosvenor Square / London."
In the hand of Dora Wordsworth with Wordsworth's signature.
Sir George Beaumont is the cousin and heir to Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Baronet (1753-1827).
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 seal to "Sir George H.W. Beaumont Bar't / Grosvenor Square / London."
In the hand of Dora Wordsworth with Wordsworth's signature.
Sir George Beaumont is the cousin and heir to Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Baronet (1753-1827).
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of his letter informing him of the death of dowager Lady Beaumont; describing his long friendship with Sir George and Lady Margaret Beaumont; saying "It is seven and twenty years since I first became acquainted with the lamented Pair whom we have lost. We soon became united in affectionate intercourse, which has known no abatement, but our friendship rather strengthened with time, and will survive in my heart till it ceases to beat. In the recently deceased we have lost one of the most disinterested and pure minded of human beings. Abundant proofs have I had, my dear Sir George, how strongly attached she was to you, and from the depths of my heart I condole with you and Lady Beaumont in this bereavement; but she was ripe for the change, blessed be God! and I trust is, or is destined to be, a glorified spirit;" saying that he was sorry to hear about his poor health and sending his support to him for the funeral the following day; saying he understands that there are instructions dating back to 1816 "...signifying the wish of the departed upon this and some other points; which puts me upon naming that when Lady Beaumont conducted Mrs. Wordsworth and myself to the monument of Sir George, she said, 'You must observe there is just room for my name below'; but whether she meant on the same tablet, neither of us could venture to ask; but you may have more recent instructions;" adding that he is anxious to hear about how his sister Dorothy takes the news but knowing she will be thankful that Lady Beaumont's suffering was short; sending his condolences on behalf of his wife and daughter.
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