BIB_ID
304026
Accession number
MA 1298
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1739 Sept. 6.
Credit line
Purchased, 1936 or 1938.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 23.1 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.
Tipped in to volume on page facing MA 351.12.
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.
Tipped in to volume on page facing MA 351.12.
Provenance
Purchased from Maggs in 1936 or 1938.
Summary
Congratulating him on his marriage to Margaret Hamilton of Caledon; acknowledging the accident in which Orrery's arm was sprained, delaying his journey from Ireland; indicating that he and Lord Bolingbroke both expect to welcome him upon his return to England; mentioning that Swift's last letter made him melancholy.
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