BIB_ID
304003
Accession number
MA 351.6
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1736 May 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 22.6 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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from F. T. Sabin in 1909.
Summary
Expressing his relief over positive reports on both Orrery's and Swift's health; reflecting on the stolen volume of his letters and complaining about his lack of privacy; indicating that he plans to write to Swift, without feeling shame for anything he needs to say about or to him; asking him to share news with Swift of Mr. Pulteney's health and the summer plans of Lord Bolingbroke.
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