BIB_ID
305702
Accession number
MA 381.50
Creator
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Display Date
[1869] Mar. 22.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "W. Allingham Esq / Lymington / Hants." Postmarks are for March 23, 1867 and this envelope apparently did not enclose the accompanying letter.
Part of a large collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti primarily to William Allingham. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Year from Fredeman.
Part of a large collection of letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti primarily to William Allingham. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Year from Fredeman.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1909.
Summary
Enclosing (not present) an answer to Aïdé; referencing his living situation, noting that he has been "pot-boiling to an extent lately that does not hold out much hope of estate buying or even renting;" mentioning Aubrey de Vere.
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