BIB_ID
301549
Accession number
MA 347.1
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1716 July].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, probably in 1903.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Dated "Tuesday morning"; suggested date is from Sherburn's edition of Pope's letters.
Part of a collection of autograph letters, primarily from Alexander Pope to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and manuscript poems. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 347 for details.
With seal.
Part of a collection of autograph letters, primarily from Alexander Pope to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and manuscript poems. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 347 for details.
With seal.
Provenance
The Earl of Harrowby; sale (London, Sotheby, June 18-20, 1903); purchased by Quaritch; probably purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1903.
Summary
Saying he is "sensible that [he] ought to do any thing that might please" her and is writing her a letter accordingly; explaining that he leaves it to her to decide whether or not to see him again; noting, "I begin to behave my self worse to you than to any other Woman, as I value you more"; mentioning her trip to Constantinople.
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