BIB_ID
304441
Accession number
MA 561.25
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
[1724/25] Mar. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 18 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmark and evidence of a 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
Thanking him for his letter and concern and mentioning that he is "barely well again;" lamenting Fotescue's "dismal journey" and quoting Catullus; thanking him for "excusing me form writing a long letter, or showing my Witt at such a distance as Devonshire;" mentioning that Arbuthnot has played a joke upon him and John Gay, noting "Gay is made to believe I had a Clap, of which I fancy you'l hear his Sentiments in that ludicrous way, which God has given him to excell all others in."
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