Letter from William Wordsworth, Rydal Mount, to Sir George Beaumont, 1832 August 27 : autograph manuscript signed.

Congratulating Sir George on the birth of another son; inquiring about his godson [William Beaumont] and adding that his publisher is sending a copy of the new edition of his Poems, in four volumes, to Lambeth for his godson; saying "I hope the time will come when he will value the Contents more as coming from one who stood in the Relation to him in which I stood, with but little hope, from my age and other circumstances, of being as useful to him as I could wish to be;" saying they heard he had not been well in the spring and hoping that he and Lady Beaumont are both well and enjoying the improvements at Coleorton; expressing their "...indignation and sorrow when we read of the outrage at Canterbury from which neither the Archbishop's exalted office, nor the admirable manner in which he fills it, nor his piety, nor his learning, nor his mild manners could protect him. But these are sad times, and all reflecting Men must tremble at the prospect before us. But it is our duty as Christians and Englishmen to hope, and not to abandon any effort to stem the evil Spirit of the age;" saying he is expecting Mr. Pickersgill as he is coming to paint his portrait for the St. John's collection at Cambridge, "...the Master and Fellows having honoured me by requesting I would sit for the purpose of having the Picture placed among their Worthies. Whatever success Mr. P. may have, he will not, I fear, come near the bust, a cast of which we have, and it is greatly admired by every one;" asking to be remembered to the Merewethers and adding that his sister, "...though still very poorly, is something better."