BIB_ID
304437
Accession number
MA 561.23
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
Thursday [1729 May 15].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and seal.
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.
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
Mentioning his ill health, noting "nothing would make me better than the Sight of a Friend;" asking Fortescue to notify him when Mr. Roberts comes to London so that Mrs. Blount (who purchased Roberts' annuity) "may have his Life Ensured."
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