Autograph copy of his letter signed "Tristram Shandy" : place not specified, to an unknown recipient, [1765].

A penciled notation below p. 1 of this letter, by Bella daCosta Greene, suggests that this letter was written to Mrs. Ferguson of Bath ("my witty widow"), however, Wilbur L. Cross, in his introduction to this letter in the publication noted below, says that "The Mrs. F-- to whom the letter is addressed has not been identified. She could not have been Mrs. Ferguson, for Sterne had been acquainted with that "witty widow" for many years. She was another "witty widow." Was she Mrs. Fenton? and did Sterne first meet her at Bath? The questions may be asked but not answered."
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.
Possible year of writing from an introduction to this letter by Wilbur L. Cross in his publication noted below; Cross indicates that it may have been written "soon after his return to London from a visit to Bath in the spring of 1765."