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Letter from Pierce Egan, Dublin, to W.J. Simpson, 1838 January 18 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
157521
Accession number
MA 22826
Creator
Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849.
Display Date
Dublin, Ireland, 1838 January 18.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 40.6 x 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel to "W.J. Simpson Esq / 391 / Strand / London."
With an additional address panel "To the Letter Carrier" with a humorous note on the importance of the postman.
Summary
Copying out an article titled "Pilgrims of the Olden Times"; discussing mutual friends in the theatre and specific performances; concluding the letter "...may you use forty sacks of Flour, daily; furnish Bread for all the World if you can do it - and make Rolls for the Country at large - but as to the Banburies (delicious morsels - may you get rid of a window full every hour (I want more Paper - aren't you glad) is the wish of yours truly / Pierce Egan."