BIB_ID
157382
Accession number
MA 130.16
Creator
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Display Date
[1693] May 9 or 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900 or 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 29.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 17 autograph letters from John Dryden, a letter from Sir Henry Turner Dryden, and four prints. Items are described in separate records (MA 130.1-22).
With postmark.
With postmark.
Provenance
Purchased by Sabin from the [Sir Thomas] Phillipps sale, June 7, 1898, lot 313; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Sabin, 1900 or 1901.
Summary
Mentioning a lawsuit he is contemplating; commenting on a play by [Thomas] D'Urfey; discussing the political and military situation between England, France, and Holland; describing his work on a new play; mentioning [William] Wycherley, [William] Congreve, and [Thomas] Southerne.
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