BIB_ID
304192
Accession number
MA 351.33
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1743 Sept. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 23.4 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.
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
Reporting his travels, initially in the third person, including a third visit to Oxford relative to the affair of the controversial Doctor of Divinity degree; indicating his return to Twitnam, where he looks forward to Orrery's return in the fall; referencing the assumption that Orrery would reside as executor at Buckingham House: "...it is my duty to convince you I am a very troublesome fellow, by passing as many days with you in St James' park, as I wish'd to do at Marston"; gratefully acknowledging his support.
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