BIB_ID
304423
Accession number
MA 561.16
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1738 Sept. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 23 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal.
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters and documents of Alexander Pope. Items within the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters and documents of Alexander Pope. Items within the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Frank T. Sabin, 1909.
Summary
Apologizing for not writing more often, but noting that "A Friend of so many years, has a Title too good, to stand in need of New Deeds & Writings at every turn." Mentioning that he has been in the company of Lord Bolingbroke for three weeks and praising him; mentioning that his old friend Jervas is to sail to Italy for his asthma; referencing his desire for a quiet life, and hoping the same for Fortescue.
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