BIB_ID
122247
Accession number
MA 225.12
Creator
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
Display Date
1832 April 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.9 c
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark, and addressed to "John Payne Esqr / 26 James Street / Buckingham Gate."
Part of a collection of letters and poems of Charles and Mary Lamb. Items in the collection are described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 225 for more information.
Part of a collection of letters and poems of Charles and Mary Lamb. Items in the collection are described in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 225 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Condoling a death, noting that he "learned the melancholy word first from a newspaper." Stating that "half of the pleasantness of the better half of my life was from the society in James' Street."
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