BIB_ID
131914
Accession number
MA 177.58
Creator
Melbourne, Elizabeth Milbanke Lamb, Viscountess, 1752-1818.
Display Date
1788 Jan. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters related to the trial of Warren Hastings; see collection-level record (MA 176-177) for more information.
The identification of the recipient is from the concluding sentence where Viscountess Melbourne sends her regards to Lady Willoughby; Lady Willoughby [Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, 1761-1828] married Sir Peter Burrell in 1779.
The identification of the recipient is from the concluding sentence where Viscountess Melbourne sends her regards to Lady Willoughby; Lady Willoughby [Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, 1761-1828] married Sir Peter Burrell in 1779.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890.
Summary
Expressing her gratitude for his invitation to her to have a place in his box during the trial of Warren Hastings.
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