BIB_ID
317333
Accession number
MA 417.9
Creator
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Display Date
1766 July 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (3 p.) bound ; 19.7 cm
Notes
In his introduction to this letter, in the publication noted below, Wilbur L. Cross states that this letter "and the preceding letter (MA 417.8), though clearly dated 1766, probably belong to the summer of 1760. That is, in making copies of them, Sterne inadvertently wrote 1766 for 1760."
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.
The final page of this letter is separated from the first two pages; the final page is bound following MA 417.18, p. 3.
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.
The final page of this letter is separated from the first two pages; the final page is bound following MA 417.18, p. 3.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.
Summary
Responding to Hall-Stevenson's recent letter concerning the unkind reviews Hall-Stevenson received on his poems, "Two Lyric Epistles."
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