BIB_ID
301625
Accession number
MA 347.12
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1718].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, probably in 1903.
Description
1 item (6 p., with address) ; 22.8 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.
With seal.
Year is from Sherburn's edition of Pope's letters.
With seal.
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
Rejoicing at her return to England and saying that he will travel to London to see her; giving a detailed description of his current residence and calling it "a genuine Ancient Country Seat."
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