BIB_ID
107904
Accession number
MA 351.40
Creator
Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762.
Display Date
1744 or later.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.), bound ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Paper is hand-ruled by Orrery.
Part of a collection of letters to the Earl of Orrery. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters to the Earl of Orrery. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from F. T. Sabin in 1909.
Summary
Annotating the last four letters he received from Alexander Pope [MA 351.34-7], commenting in particular and with skepticism on the report in his final letter [MA 351.37] of a new physician and a new diagnosis.
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