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Wilkinson, Thomas (1751-1836)
Thomas Wilkinson lived at the Grotto, a farm at Yanwath near Penrith. He was a Quaker and an active petitioner against the slave trade. Wilkinson's 'Tour in Scotland' influenced Wordsworth’s poem ‘The Solitary Reaper’. Wordsworth wrote a poem in praise of him, ‘To the Spade of a Friend’. Wilkinson was also a good friend of Catherine and Thomas Clarkson. Wordsworth described Wilkinson as ‘an amiable inoffensive man; and a little of a Poet too; who has amused himself upon his own small estate upon the Emont in twining pathways along the banks of the River, making little Cells and bowers with inscriptions of his own writing, all very pretty as not spreading far’ (October 1805).

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There are 7 works by Wilkinson, Thomas (1751-1836) in the Trust's collection, e.g.:
DCMS 26.6 'I love to be alone' by Thomas Wilkinson, and in his hand. First line, 'While busy Mortals crowd around'. On a pasted-in sheet, folded to create two more leaves: 19r-v. Composition date unknown; probably transcribed after 19 January 1801 as Wordsworth is not known to have met Wilkinson before this date.

DCMS 26.7 'Lines written on a Paper wrapt round a Moss-Rose pulled on New-years Day, and sent to M. Wilson.' by Thomas Wilkinson, and in his hand. First line, 'While cold o'er the Hills spread the mid Winter snows,'. On a pasted-in sheet, folded to create two more leaves: 20r. Composition date unknown; probably transcribed after 19 January 1801 as Wordsworth is not known to have met Wilkinson before this date.

DCMS 26.17 'A Lementation on the untimely Death of Roger, in the Cumberland Dialect.' (1875) by Thomas Wilkinson, and in his hand. First line, 'A wazes me! is sassy Roger gayne,'. On a pasted-in sheet, folded to create two more leaves: 26r-27v. Composition date unknown; probably transcribed after 19 January 1801 as Wordsworth is not known to have met Wilkinson before this date, and by early 1804 (when the items after this piece were copied in).

DCMS 26.37 The first of two extracts from Thomas Wilkinson's journal, 'Tours of the British Mountains': a description of a woman reaping alone. First line, 'Pass'd by a Female who was reaping alone'. In the hand of William Wordsworth. Leaf 46v. Composition date unknown; probably transcribed between July and August 1807.

DCMS 26.38 The second of two extracts from Thomas Wilkinson's journal, 'Tours of the British Mountains'. First line, 'But take courage, return to thy Fellows'. In the hand of William Wordsworth. Leaf 46v. Compositin date unknown; probably transcribed between July and August 1807.

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There are 7 works by Wilkinson, Thomas (1751-1836) in the Trust's collection, e.g.:
DCMS 26.6		'I love to be alone' by Thomas Wilkinson, and in his hand. First line, 'While busy Mortals crowd around'. On a pasted-in sheet, folded to create two more leaves: 19r-v. Composition date unknown; probably transcribed after 19 January 1801 as Wordsworth is not known to have met Wilkinson before this date.
DCMS 26.7		'Lines written on a Paper wrapt round a Moss-Rose pulled on New-years Day, and sent to M. Wilson.' by Thomas Wilkinson, and in his hand. First line, 'While cold o'er the Hills spread the mid Winter snows,'. On a pasted-in sheet, folded to create two more leaves: 20r. Composition date unknown; probably transcribed after 19 January 1801 as Wordsworth is not known to have met Wilkinson before this date.
DCMS 26.17		'A Lementation on the untimely Death of Roger, in the Cumberland Dialect.' (1875) by Thomas Wilkinson, and in his hand. First line, 'A wazes me! is sassy Roger gayne,'. On a pasted-in sheet, folded to create two more leaves: 26r-27v. Composition date unknown; probably transcribed after 19 January 1801 as Wordsworth is not known to have met Wilkinson before this date, and by early 1804 (when the items after this piece were copied in).
DCMS 26.37		The first of two extracts from Thomas Wilkinson's journal, 'Tours of the British Mountains': a description of a woman reaping alone. First line, 'Pass'd by a Female who was reaping alone'. In the hand of William Wordsworth. Leaf 46v. Composition date unknown; probably transcribed between July and August 1807.
DCMS 26.38		The second of two extracts from Thomas Wilkinson's journal, 'Tours of the British Mountains'. First line, 'But take courage, return to thy Fellows'. In the hand of William Wordsworth. Leaf 46v. Compositin date unknown; probably transcribed between July and August 1807.