BIB_ID
118203
Accession number
MA 457.28
Display Date
1739 Apr. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.3 x 37.5 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.
Signed by "Jonathan Swift: Dean of St. Patricks Cathedrall, Dublin."
Part of the Fountaine Papers.
Signed by "Jonathan Swift: Dean of St. Patricks Cathedrall, Dublin."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: "Maid of Dort" form of the Pro Patria watermark (a female figure holding a lance and a lion rampant inside a fenced arena, with "Pro Patria" at the upper left).
Provenance
Andrew Fountaine; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1907.
Summary
Appointing John Wynne to the position of Subdean of St. Patrick's Cathedral so he can stand in for Swift during Swift's illness.
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