BIB_ID
108483
Accession number
MA 87.11
Display Date
ca. 1800.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 12.2 x 12.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
Written in an unidentified hand on blue paper.
Written in an unidentified hand on blue paper.
Summary
Includes a description of Cowper's last hours: "The Silver Snuffbox: The dear soul held it 'till the very last, excepting the 12 hours of insensibility immediately preceding his death. -- I took it from the bed, where it lay just by his dear hand, soon after all was over." Also includes the following note: "I find a Memorandum in an old Pocket Book -- Jany. 24, 1786 My elegant snuff box &c from Lady Hesketh (Hesketh crossed out) Croft."
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