BIB_ID
116943
Accession number
MA 457.10
Creator
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Display Date
1713 Mar. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 18.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and manuscript poems written by or attributed to Jonathan Swift. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 457 for more information.
Part of the Fountaine Papers.
Swift initially dated the letter "Thursday morning the 26th of March"; he then altered this date to read "Friday morning the 6th of March." The year is written as 1712/13, however March 6th was a Friday in 1713.
With seal.
Part of the Fountaine Papers.
Swift initially dated the letter "Thursday morning the 26th of March"; he then altered this date to read "Friday morning the 6th of March." The year is written as 1712/13, however March 6th was a Friday in 1713.
With seal.
Provenance
Andrew Fountaine; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1907.
Summary
Arranging to meet Sir Andrew Fountaine at Mrs. [Esther "Vanessa"] Vanhomrigh's house the following day; joking about whether Mrs. Vanhomrigh ("Madam Hessy") or Sir Andrew "be most sillyest"; asking him to pardon "these many Blots and this sad Scrawl."
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