BIB_ID
122403
Accession number
MA 769.1-49
Creator
Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864.
Display Date
1854 March 13-1864 Jan. and undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 v. (49 items), bound : ill. (port.) ; 26.3 cm + 14 envelopes
Notes
12 of the envelopes correspond to letters in the collection; 2 cannot be matched to any of the letters.
Most letters signed "Father."
Most letters signed "Father."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
A collection of 49 autograph letters signed from Walter Savage Landor to Eliza Lynn Linton. Although they are not related, Landor addresses the letters to his "dear daughter" and signs them as "Father." The letters discuss literary matters, the libel suit brought against Landor, his life in Italy, and his efforts to help Linton financially. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 769.1-49).
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