BIB_ID
304013
Accession number
MA 351.7
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1736 Nov. 7.
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.
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
Indicating that he had written a long letter to Swift six weeks ago in which he stressed that he wished his letters placed in Orrery's care, to which Swift insisted he "would take care of them"; begging Orrery to obtain them by any means necessary; mentioning that the printing of his book has neared completion and "will come out by Lady-day next."
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