BIB_ID
414697
Accession number
MA 1581.294
Creator
Beaumont, George Howland William, Sir, 1851-1914.
Display Date
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England, 1882 November 7.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (7 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.2 cm + envelope
Notes
On mourning stationery with embossed letterhead: "Cole-Orton Rectory, / Ashby-de-la-Zouche."
Envelope with the following text: "List & [minutia?] of letters / lent to Professor Knight / St Andrews N B -- / Nov. 7th 1882 / G Beaumont."
This list 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.
Envelope with the following text: "List & [minutia?] of letters / lent to Professor Knight / St Andrews N B -- / Nov. 7th 1882 / G Beaumont."
This list 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.
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Consisting of two copies of a detailed list of papers and letters relating to Wordsworth that Sir George Beaumont, 10th Baronet, lent to Professor William Angus Knight in November 1882. The materials lent included poems and letters to Sir George and Lady Margaret Beaumont.
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