BIB_ID
301932
Accession number
MA 3939.11
Creator
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821.
Display Date
1821 Feb. 6.
Credit line
Gift of Edward Powis Jones, 1978-9.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.7 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.
With postmark.
Summary
Calling him her "tender-hearted Friend" because he has said she "must not call [him] Romancer"; discussing her daughter, Sophia, and a trip to Land's End; noting that the inhabitants of Penzance "have all the same System of Features high and low, and all the Same Tone of Voice" because "they are all related"; commenting on advertisements for plays; talking about her efforts to stay in good health; quoting Abraham Cowley; telling him that the Salusburys have a new baby boy.
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