BIB_ID
317290
Accession number
MA 417.2
Creator
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Display Date
1760 Jan. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (5 p.) bound ; 20.7 cm
Notes
A penciled notation by Belle Greene, under page 1of the letter, suggests the letter might have been written to Dr. Warburton; Wilbur Cross suggests, in his comments on this letter (see publication note below) that this letter was "apparently written to a York friend."
Part of a collection of letters from Laurence Sterne. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of letters from Laurence Sterne. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.
Summary
Responding to criticism surrounding the publication of Tristram Shandy.
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