BIB_ID
117089
Accession number
MA 417.26
Creator
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Display Date
[1761].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (3 p.) bound ; 23.0 cm
Notes
In a penciled notation, by Belle daCosta Greene beneath p. 1, Elizabeth Montague [sic] is described as "the wife of Edward Montague, grandson of the 1st Earl of Sandwich, and was, famous as a "blue stocking."
In his introduction to this letter, in the publication noted below, Wilbur L. Cross says that the probably time of writing was "spring of 1761" and that the place of writing was London.
Part of a collection of letters from Laurence Sterne. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
In his introduction to this letter, in the publication noted below, Wilbur L. Cross says that the probably time of writing was "spring of 1761" and that the place of writing was London.
Part of a collection of letters from Laurence Sterne. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.
Summary
Concerning his quarrel with his uncle, Jacques Sterne, Dean of York and his reconciliation with his wife.
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