BIB_ID
107118
Accession number
MA 86.52
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Display Date
1790 Jan. 26.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
"From Bathurst Collection -- English Authors."
Addressed to "Lady Hesketh / New Norfolk Street / Grosvenor Square / London."
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
Addressed to "Lady Hesketh / New Norfolk Street / Grosvenor Square / London."
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Bathurst Collection.
Summary
Thanking her for a basket of "excellent fishes"; mentioning her pleasure in meeting his cousin, John Johnson; asking for her opinion of [James Hurdis's] "Adriano or the First of June"; reporting that [Mary] Unwin is suffering from a fever, but Beau [the dog], the two cats, and the three birds are well.
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