BIB_ID
126391
Accession number
MA 2525.17
Creator
Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858.
Display Date
1834 Dec. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
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.
Written from 44, Dover St.
Written from 44, Dover St.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Informing him of the death of Charles Lamb, noting that the previous day he was with Mary, "who at present is not in a state of mind capable of feeling the severe loss she has sustained." With a postscript regarding some books he had sent.
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