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WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Four autograph letters signed ("W. Wordsworth" and "Wm Wordsworth") to General Sir Charles Pasley (1780-1861, see DNB), London and Leamington, 8 June [1842], 28 October [1844], and n.d. together 9 pages, 12mo-8vo, with typed transcripts.
"THE RAILWAY...WOULD SO...DISFIGURE OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY"
[no date]: "...I learned from [Dr.] Stoddart some particulars of an affair in which you had cause of complaint against a person high in Office, in your Profession [military engineering]. It is possible that you might be served in this affair. Ther person in question is difficult to deal with, but I have perhaps some means of reaching him: at least so strong is my desire to be in any degree useful to one of whom I think so highly as of you, that the mere glimpse of a possibility of serving you tempts me to ask of yourself whether anything said in your behalf to the Man in power by an intimate Friend of mine who is an intimate Friend of his would be of any use to you..."
[no date]: "May I take the liberty to introduce my Son the Revd John Wordsworth to You. He is about to prepare his eldest Son for Woolwich, and it has struck me that your friendly advice on the subject would be of very great use to him..."
8 June [1842]: "...I write to express my thanks for this Valuable Walking stick which you have presented to me. 'Though yet my steady steps no Staff sustains,' I shall prize the less as a memorial of your kindness, and particularly for the material's sake as a potion of that unfortunate Vessel, whose timbers, after so long a submersion have been raised by you Science, and Skill, under your direction..."
28 October [1844]: "...I have had a very Kind Letter from Mr [William] Gladstone, whom I have the honor of reckoning among my Friends, upon the subject of the Railway, and another from your Friend Captn Smyth. Both these Gentlemen lament a project which if carried into effect would so disturb and disfigure our beautiful Country. I would fain hope that if it should come before Parliament, we may with due exertion muster strong against it." (Milne)
"THE RAILWAY...WOULD SO...DISFIGURE OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY"
[no date]: "...I learned from [Dr.] Stoddart some particulars of an affair in which you had cause of complaint against a person high in Office, in your Profession [military engineering]. It is possible that you might be served in this affair. Ther person in question is difficult to deal with, but I have perhaps some means of reaching him: at least so strong is my desire to be in any degree useful to one of whom I think so highly as of you, that the mere glimpse of a possibility of serving you tempts me to ask of yourself whether anything said in your behalf to the Man in power by an intimate Friend of mine who is an intimate Friend of his would be of any use to you..."
[no date]: "May I take the liberty to introduce my Son the Revd John Wordsworth to You. He is about to prepare his eldest Son for Woolwich, and it has struck me that your friendly advice on the subject would be of very great use to him..."
8 June [1842]: "...I write to express my thanks for this Valuable Walking stick which you have presented to me. 'Though yet my steady steps no Staff sustains,' I shall prize the less as a memorial of your kindness, and particularly for the material's sake as a potion of that unfortunate Vessel, whose timbers, after so long a submersion have been raised by you Science, and Skill, under your direction..."
28 October [1844]: "...I have had a very Kind Letter from Mr [William] Gladstone, whom I have the honor of reckoning among my Friends, upon the subject of the Railway, and another from your Friend Captn Smyth. Both these Gentlemen lament a project which if carried into effect would so disturb and disfigure our beautiful Country. I would fain hope that if it should come before Parliament, we may with due exertion muster strong against it." (Milne)