BIB_ID
290934
Accession number
MA 457.1-31
Creator
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Display Date
1667-1745
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 box (32 items) : ill. ; size varies
Notes
With the exception of two poems not by Swift (MA 457.2a-b) and the engravings, the rest of these manuscripts are part of the Fountaine Papers, a collection of documents that were preserved until the late 19th century at Narford, Andrew Fountaine's house in Norfolk.
Provenance
Andrew Fountaine; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1907.
Summary
A collection of manuscript materials written by or attributed to Jonathan Swift. The collection includes 5 poems, 5 prose pieces, and 3 letters in Swift's autograph; an additional 15 poems and 3 prose pieces not in Swift's autograph; a letter from St. George Ashe that is possibly addressed to Swift; 2 Church of Ireland documents signed by Swift; 2 engravings of Swift; and an unsigned note documenting the transfer of these papers from an unidentified holder to Swift's friend Sir Andrew Fountaine. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 457.1-31).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (45.5 cm)
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