WORDSWORTH MSS. II
The Wordsworth mss. II, 1848-1909, consist of letters and papers of the family of the poet, William Wordsworth, 1770- 1850, and their friends. They are concerned chiefly with family matters, financial accounts, and the welfare of Dora Wordsworth, 1858-1934, his granddaughter, after the death of her mother.
Included in the collection are an Account book of Dora Wordsworth for 1876-1885, ink sketches of cats on the verso of a letter dated August 6, 1872, an invitation to William Wordsworth from the Queen to attend a ball at Buckingham Palace, a rosewood lap desk that was owned by Mary (Hutchinson) Wordsworth, the wife of the poet, a lock of hair of William Wordsworth and a poem fragment with his signature on verso, a photograph of Dora Wordsworth, poems by F. A[rnold?], B. Buonomini (in honor of Dora), and Bennet Christian Huntington Calcraft Kennedy, a piece of yew tree planted by William Wordsworth in 1819, and a folder of printed materials. Some of the correspondents are Edmund Phillips, Edward Quillinan, Dora Wordsworth, John Wordsworth, 1803-1875, John Wordsworth, 1837-1927, Mary Harriet (Gamble) Wordsworth, Mary (Hutchinson) Wordsworth.
The contents of the collection were formerly housed by Dora Kennedy in the rosewood lap desk bequeathed to her in 1932.
Collection size: 32 items
Related links: Wordsworth mss., Wordsworth mss. III