BIB_ID
301840
Accession number
MA 3939.1
Creator
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821.
Display Date
1819 Aug. 18.
Credit line
Gift of Edward Powis Jones, 1978-9.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.2 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters from Hester Lynch Piozzi to William Augustus Conway. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 3939 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
With postmark and seal.
Summary
Quoting Shakespeare; discussing the bathing at Weston-Super-Mare and the hot summer; worrying about his acting in such hot weather; wishing he was safe at Weston; quoting [Edward] Young's Night Thoughts; hoping he eats honey for breakfast; urging him not to let "any Cares come near" him while he is recovering; mentioning Samuel Johnson and [Jean] Racine.
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