BIB_ID
160341
Accession number
MA 1006
Creator
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.
Display Date
1758 July 25.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Docketed "25 Juillet 1758" and with a note on the verso identifying the recipient. Labeled "No. 3" at top of page.
Part of a collection of Samuel Richardson letters. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The recipient was the brother of the natural philosopher Jean Andre de Luc.
Part of a collection of Samuel Richardson letters. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The recipient was the brother of the natural philosopher Jean Andre de Luc.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from Edgar Wells, 1924.
Summary
Praising the recipient's family; alluding to the recipient's recent marriage; quoting Milton (Paradise Lost, Book IV, beginning "Hail wedded love!").
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