BIB_ID
117090
Accession number
MA 417.22
Creator
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1758].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (2 p. with address) ; 18.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with trace of a seal and addressed to "The Rev'd / Mr. Blake."
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.
The year of writing is inferred from its contents and its placement within the collection. In addition, Wilbur L. Cross, in his publication noted below, says that "through the summer and autumn of 1758, Sterne and Blake were engaged in a brisk correspondence which was carried on by special messengers between York and Sutton."
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.
The year of writing is inferred from its contents and its placement within the collection. In addition, Wilbur L. Cross, in his publication noted below, says that "through the summer and autumn of 1758, Sterne and Blake were engaged in a brisk correspondence which was carried on by special messengers between York and Sutton."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.
Summary
Sending him two geese.
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