BIB_ID
304181
Accession number
MA 351.30
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1743 Feb. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address), bound ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to Orrery at Marston, near Froome, Somersetshire; with postmark.
Date written by Pope as "1742/3."
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.
Date written by Pope as "1742/3."
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
Commenting upon and returning the letter of recommendation written by Lord Arran [the Duke of Ormonde] in support of Mr. W[arburton]'s controversial Doctor of Divinity degree; mentioning a subscription for a book of poetry encouraged by both Lord and Lady Orrery; referencing the grave condition of the Duchess of Buckingham; indicating he has no plans to publish anything new at the moment.
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