BIB_ID
301643
Accession number
MA 347.13
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1719?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, probably in 1903.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 14.5 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.
Possible year is from Sherburn's edition of Pope's letters.
With seal.
Possible year is from Sherburn's edition of Pope's letters.
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
Reporting that Sir Godfrey's surveyor thinks that "all that is wanting to the house may be done in 2 days"; telling him that Sir Godfrey "absolutely refuses to let [the house] till Christmass" [sic].
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