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WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) Ecclesiastical Sketches, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Longman, Hurst, 1822
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WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM)
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Provenance: William Lowther, first earl of Lonsdale (1757–1844), with his gilt morocco label pasted to upper cover. Wordsworth was born on the Lowther estate at Cockermouth, where his father john worked as law agent and steward. In 1803 William Lowther paid a family debt of £8500 to William Wordsworth, to whom he became a life-long friend and benefactor. "For their part Wordsworth and his sister worked tirelessly in the Lowther interest during the general election campaigns of 1818 and 1820. In 1828 Lonsdale presented Wordsworth's clergyman son to the first of three livings in his gift" (ODNB).
