BIB_ID
301570
Accession number
MA 347.3
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1716] Aug. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, probably in 1903.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
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.
Year is from Sherburn's edition of Pope's letters.
Year is from Sherburn's edition of Pope's letters.
Provenance
The Earl of Harrowby; sale (London, Sotheby, June 18-20, 1903); purchased by Quaritch; probably purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1903.
Summary
Discussing their letter writing; saying, "If I were to write to you as often as I think of you, it must be every day of my life"; asking her to write to him about her "own mind, temper, and thoughts"; reporting that he "communicated [her] letter to Mr. [William] Congreve"; telling her that "there are as few Men who do not deplore your Departure, as Women that sincerely do."
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