BIB_ID
127078
Accession number
MA 225.18
Creator
Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874.
Display Date
1868 Dec. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 14 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 on stationery embossed "32, Weymouth Street / Portland Place W."
Written on stationery embossed "32, Weymouth Street / Portland Place W."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Enclosing (not present) a photograph of his dead daughter, and discussing his health and aging, noting "it is with difficulty as I slowly write this" and "I am afraid of paralysis coming on, luckily my eyes are good." Mentioning his biography of Charles Lamb (published 1864).
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