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Transcription reads:
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My Dear M-
On my return Home I found the 13 Vol of your Valuable Edition of Lord Bacon, for what you write accept my sincere thanks- I ought to mailed you a thank you note earlier-
ever faithfully yours
Wm Wordsworth
May 30th,
Rydal Mount
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Basil Montagu Esq.
Lincoln Inn
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Link to info on Basil Montague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Montagu
* Between 1825-1837 Montague edited 16 volumes of Francis Bacon's works. Volume 13 was published/released by William Pickering, London in 1831. Including Index it was 468 pages. Link: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnug1x;view=1up;seq=11
* May 30, 1831 was on a Monday (for those curious).
Letter was purchased from Joseph O'Gara Bookseller, 1311 East 57th Street, Chicago Ill. 60637. July 18, 1978.