BIB_ID
304435
Accession number
MA 561.21
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1744 Apr. 7 or 14].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 13 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed "To the Master of the Rolls." Fortescue became Master of the rolls on 5 November 1741.
Dating from Sherburn.
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.
Dating from Sherburn.
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 will be away the following day and that on Monday he must "lye at Mr. Cheseldens, for an Experiment he is to try upon me," but setting his house and garden at Fortescue's disposal and hoping to find him there upon his return on Tuesday.
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