BIB_ID
304141
Accession number
MA 351.26
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1741] Jan. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address), bound ; 20.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to the Earl of Orrery at Caledon near Tynan; postmark is from Bath.
Dated by Pope as 1740/1.
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.
Dated by Pope as 1740/1.
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
Asking him to have Falkener send him a copy of the book when published and return the clandestine edition; indicating he wishes to discuss Mrs. Whiteway's letter when they next see each other; asking him to send his regards to Swift and tell him to expect a long letter; expressing his gratitude for the permission he granted him "of using the Authority of [his] Letters in case of necessity."
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