BIB_ID
157387
Accession number
MA 130.13
Creator
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Display Date
1700 Apr. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900 or 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 18.6 cm
Notes
Apparently the last surviving Dryden letter.
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 and seal.
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 and seal.
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
Discussing his last book of poems; commenting on the opening of Parliament; noting that he and his wife are both in poor health; mentioning [John] Fletcher, [Sir John] Vanbrugh, and [Thomas] Southerne.
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