Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855) ms, prose A copy with corrections of 'Recollections of a tour made in Scotland' by Dorothy Wordsworth. Probably copied between December 29 1805 and February 21 1806. Later corrections probably date from around 1822. There is an inscription in the front of the notebook 'Dora Wordsworth, from her aff[ectiona]te Father J Wordsworth. Nov 1 1866'. This is the poet's eldest son to his daughter. Size 227mm x 179mm (hxw). This is Dorothy Wordsworth's Scotch Tour 1803, MS B. This manuscript is also known as MS. B of 'Recollections of a Tour in Scotland'. Inscriptions: ink (top left of first leaf): Dora Wordsworth / from her aff[ectiona]te Father / J Wordsworth / Nov 1st 1866 Provenance: Bequest of Gordon Graham Wordsworth, 1935 Literature: Curtis, J.1983, The Cornell Wordsworth, Cornell University Press, Poems, in Two Volumes, and Other Poems, 1800-1807 (p.xxii) See also: DCMS 54 (Dorothy Wordsworth's Scotch Tour 1803, MS B...)

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Reference DCMS 54.1