BIB_ID
303928
Accession number
MA 351.2
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1735 Oct. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Part of a collection of letters to the Earl of Orrery. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With seal.
Part of a collection of letters to the Earl of Orrery. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from F. T. Sabin in 1909.
Summary
Expressing his sympathy at a loss mentioned in his previous letter; congratulating him on the conclusion of a lawsuit; expressing his pleasure in hearing that the Dean of St. Patrick's [Swift] is currently "enjoying a tolerable state of health"; indicating that he encloses some verses of Lord Cornbury [Baron Hyde] for his entertainment (see MA 351.3); elaborating on his anxieties about Swift.
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