BIB_ID
304465
Accession number
MA 561.34
Creator
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Display Date
1725 June 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 19.7 cm
Notes
Address panel 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 a letter; expressing his hearty gladness that Richardson has accepted his invitation to visit and hoping he will thank Pope by reading Homer, who says "that Hospitality is the Glory of Friendship."
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