BIB_ID
127668
Accession number
MA 561.2
Display Date
1727 Mar. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters and documents of Alexander Pope. Items within the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Frank T. Sabin, 1909.
Summary
Being an agreement "to print certain Miscellanies by Dr. Swift, Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, &c. in Two or more Volumes to be annex'd to a Volume under that Title published by Mr. Tooke already." Signed by Benjamin Motte, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. Followed on p. 2 with a signed note by Pope acknowledging receipt of £50 (dated 10 April 1727); a note signed by Pope concerning the initial agreement (dated 12 June 1728); and a note signed by Pope and Motte acknowledging "that we have receiv'd full satisfaction ... for the Three Volumes of Miscellanies" (dated 1 July 1729).
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