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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to the Earl of Orrery, 1740 Dec. 3.

BIB_ID
304087
Accession number
MA 351.20
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1740 Dec. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from F. T. Sabin in 1909.
Summary
Referencing the health of his son; commenting at length on his feelings about the publication of his and Swift's letters; asking whether Mrs. Whiteway had sent him "the Letter which they pretend was sent to the Dean together with the book?"