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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850)
Autograph letter signed ("Wm Wordworth"), to his cousin Elizabeth Fisher, 4pp., 8°, Feb 5th, 1846 (short tears to folds).
Thanking her for her sympathetic letter following the death of his brother, "My beloved Brother's suffering which was severe closed between three and four on Monday morning. The information you must have had from Carlisle was premature. We only received the intelligence of his decease by the same post which brought your letter of condolence ... In the opinion of his Uckfield medieval attendant his death was mainly caused by an injury done to the spine many years ago at Cambridge when he had the misfortune to be thrown from his horse ... His son Charles was with him to the last, so was Christopher at the close and for some days previous ... I say nothing of our sorrow afore this bereavement, you know too well how good a Man he was, for that to be necessary." He concludes by sending his love and best wishes to the recipient's sister.
Autograph letter signed ("Wm Wordworth"), to his cousin Elizabeth Fisher, 4pp., 8°, Feb 5th, 1846 (short tears to folds).
Thanking her for her sympathetic letter following the death of his brother, "My beloved Brother's suffering which was severe closed between three and four on Monday morning. The information you must have had from Carlisle was premature. We only received the intelligence of his decease by the same post which brought your letter of condolence ... In the opinion of his Uckfield medieval attendant his death was mainly caused by an injury done to the spine many years ago at Cambridge when he had the misfortune to be thrown from his horse ... His son Charles was with him to the last, so was Christopher at the close and for some days previous ... I say nothing of our sorrow afore this bereavement, you know too well how good a Man he was, for that to be necessary." He concludes by sending his love and best wishes to the recipient's sister.