BIB_ID
129908
Accession number
MA 895.16
Creator
Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Display Date
[1787-1798?] Nov. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from and to William Pitt the Elder and William Pitt the Younger. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 894-895 for more detail.
The letter is dated "Friday night Nov. 16" and refers to Holwood, a house Pitt owned from 1785 to 1802; within this date range, Nov. 16 fell on a Friday in 1787, 1792, and 1798.
The letter is dated "Friday night Nov. 16" and refers to Holwood, a house Pitt owned from 1785 to 1802; within this date range, Nov. 16 fell on a Friday in 1787, 1792, and 1798.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Remarking that he has so much to do in town that he has given up the idea of returning to Holwood this week; returning some letters; noting that he wants to talk to him about the Archbishop's letter; reporting that he has seen Foster twice; telling him "there is nothing yet from the Continent."
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