Letters from William Wordsworth and his circle

Title

Letters from William Wordsworth and his circle

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. c. 8371

Summary

Comprises letters from William Wordsworth (unless otherwise stated) to:

(fol.1) Basil Montagu, 15 May 1815

(fols.2-3) John May, 7 Aug 1817, from Rydal Mount

(fol.4) unidentified correspondent, 12 Feb [?1825 or later], from Rydal Mount

(fols.5-6) Samuel Butler, 29 Aug 1828, from Rydal Mount

(fol.7) Samuel Butler, 25 Nov 1829, from Rydal Mount [this letter was acquired by Professor Hill at a later date (20 Feb 2015) and not included in his original typed list, but added in a handwritten note by him]

(fols.8-9) Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 24 Mar 1836, from Rydal Mount

(fols.10-11) J. Newton Lane, 14 Dec [1836], from Rydal Mount, in Mary Wordsworth's hand

(fols.12-13) Philip Courtenay [?early May 1839]

(fols.14-15) Thomas Gaisford, [12] Jun 1839

(fols.16-17) an unidentified correspondent, 4 Jul 1840, from Rydal Mount

(fols.18-19) H. Roughsedge [c.1840]

(fols.20-21) Mr Lloyd, Dec [?1841], from Rydal Mount

(fols.22-23) John Dolignon, 31 Dec 1843, from Rydal Mount, with (fol.24) its original envelope, annotated by Dolignon regarding Southey inscription

(fols.25-26) Joseph Cottle, 6 Dec 1845, from Rydal Mount

(fol.27) a fragment of letter to an unidentified correspondent, 17 Mar 1846, from Rydal Mount (Hill notes '? Possibly acknowledging Emilia Wyndham By the Author of Two Old Men's Tales, Mount Soul etc 3 vols, 1846, dedic[ated]. to W.W. His autograph copy (1847) among the Stepping Stone Books'. Accompanying the fragment is (fol.28) an engraving of Wordsworth (Hill notes: 'Engraving of Pickersgill's portrait (?) by F. Croll (1827-54). See Blanchard p.160. and Redgrave's Dictionary, p.107.')

(fols.29-30) Sir Robert Peel, 7 Jun [1849], St James's Mathon near Great Malvern

(fols.31-32) from George Swan Nottage to William Wordsworth, 17 Jan 1850 [copy]

(fols.33-34) George Swan Nottage, 18 Jan 1850, from Rydal Mount

(fols.35-36) Robert Westall, 6 Mar 1850, from Rydal Mount.

Letters from other correspondents:

(fols.37-38) Dorothy Wordsworth, Rydal Mount, to Edward Archer [16 Nov 1830]

(fols.39-40) Samuel Rogers, 10 Jul 1846 (Hill notes '[to W.W.?]... Perhaps acknowledging daguerreotype of M.W.'s portrait by Margaret Gillies (c.f. Morley ii. 660).')

(fols.41) Sara Coleridge to Louisa Plummer, n.d., with note on letter 'the P.S. is by her Mother' (fol.42)

(fols.43-49) three letters from Sara Coleridge to Emma Grove, 10 Jul [?], 8 Feb [?], and 18 Oct 1839, referring to the birth of Emma's son.

Date

1810-1850

Language

English

Physical extent

1.0 box