BIB_ID
127670
Accession number
MA 561.8
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1720 July 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 19.5 cm
Notes
Address adhered to verso.
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.
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
Mentioning John Gay in regard to the purchase of estates in Devonshire; hoping that Fortescue might one day represent Devonshire in parliament, and praising the county as "fertile in its productions, abounding in its Witts, [and] delicious in its Cyders."
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