BIB_ID
301666
Accession number
MA 347.15
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1720] March 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, probably in 1903.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 18.7 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
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 postmark and seal.
Year 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 postmark and 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
Telling her that a "pretty good house" is available in Twickenham; mentioning a book that Lord Bathurst wanted him to bring to her.
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