BIB_ID
300323
Accession number
MA 1063.51
Creator
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830.
Display Date
[1827] Jan. 7.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1928.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Irish politician and writer J. W. Croker. Letters have been described individually; see collection-level record for MA 1063 for more information.
Written from Russell Square.
Year from penned notation on p. 1.
Written from Russell Square.
Year from penned notation on p. 1.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co in 1928; gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1928.
Summary
Thanking him for informing Lawrence of a "painful circumstance," and referencing a "thoughtless and inconsiderate" mutual acquaintance. Implying that Croker should send the mutual acquaintance a letter "of grave and official rebuke," and discussing it. Inviting Miss Croker to a sitting the following Saturday.
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