Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to William Fortescue, Thursday [1739 Nov. 1 or 8].

BIB_ID
304430
Accession number
MA 561.19
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
Thursday [1739 Nov. 1 or 8].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and evidence of a seal.
Dating from docket and from Sherburn.
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
Regretting that he must cancel his appointment to dine because he has "been visited slightly with the Gout."