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Autograph letter signed : Bristol, to the Earl of Orrery, [1743] Aug. 12.

BIB_ID
304182
Accession number
MA 351.31
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1743] Aug. 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address), bound ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to Orrery at Marston, near Froome, Somersetshire; with postmark.
Docketed, with year recorded by Orrery.
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
Inquiring about his health, after a long struggle with gout, and indicating how and why he is currently in Bristol; mentioning the death of Lord Hervey.