BIB_ID
127679
Accession number
MA 347.1-27
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1716 July]-1721 Sept. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, probably in 1903.
Description
1 box (27 items), unbound ; size varies
Notes
A letter (MA 347.19) formerly attributed to Pope has been rejected by Sherburn (Correspondence, i. 338-9) as not in Pope's autograph.
Provenance
The Earl of Harrowby; sale (London, Sotheby, June 18-20, 1903); purchased by Quaritch; probably purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1903.
Summary
Collection includes 17 autograph letters from Pope to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (MA 347.1-12 and 14-18); an autograph letter from Pope to Edward Wortley Montagu (MA 347.13); a letter formerly attributed to Pope that is probably not in his autograph (MA 347.19); an autograph letter signed from W. Moy Thomas to the Earl of Harrowby (MA 347.21); and autograph poems and copies of poems by Pope, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and others (MA 347.20, 22-27; see individual records for more details). Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 347.1-27).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (37.3 cm)
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