Booth Family Center Collection of William Wordsworth Letters
Scope and Contents
The William Wordsworth Letters contain handwritten letters to and from English Romantic author William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Correspondents include Doctor William Howley, Sir William Rowan Hamilton, John Kenyon, Reverend Charles Whitley, Robert Percival Graves, Samuel Carter Hall, S.T. Dawson, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, and Reverend Isaac Green. One letter was sent from Sir William Rowan Hamilton to Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Most of the letters from Woodsworth were sent from his home at Rydal Mount in the Lake District in England. The letters are preserved chronologically in 20 folders.
Dates
- Creation: 1825 - 1859
Creator
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Biographical Note
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was the best known of the English Romantic writers. He was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England on April 7, 1770. Wordsworth studied at Hawkshead Grammar School and St. John's College in Cambridge. He embarked on a tour of Europe, and he lived for a time in France. In 1793, Wordsworth published his first poems in "An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches." In 1798, with his co-author Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Wordsworth published the groundbreaking "Lyrical Ballads." In 1802, he married Mary Hutchinson. Wordsworth wrote an extensive amount of poetry during his lifetime. After his death in 1850, his work "The Prelude" was published posthumously.
William Wordsworth died on April 23, 1850 at his home Rydal Mount in the Lake District of England.
In 1802, he married Mary Hutchinson.
[Source: poets.org]
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Arrangement
The letters in this collection are arranged in chronological order
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by various manuscripts dealers, 1973-1982.
Processing Information
The collection is rehoused in an acid-free box and folders.
Topical
- Title
- Booth Family Center Collection of William Wordsworth Letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Scott S.Taylor
- Date
- 2026-02-19
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu