BIB_ID
317414
Accession number
MA 417.12
Creator
Brown, Rev., 18th cent.
Display Date
1760 July 25.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (3 p.) bound ; 19.4 cm
Notes
In his introduction to this letter, in the publication shown below, Wilbur L. Cross says that Hall-Stevenson met Brown in Geneva and upon "receiving the enquiry about the author of 'Tristram Shandy', the master of Skelton sent the letter over to Coxwold. Sterne made a copy of it and doubtless returned the original to Hall-Stevenson."
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
Inquiring about the author of 'Tristram Shandy'; adding "never did I read any thing with more delectation. What a Connoisseur in Mankind!" adding that he would "ride fifty miles to smoak a pipe with him, for I could lay any wager that so much humour has not been hatch'd or concocted in this pericrainium without the genial fumes of celestial Tobacco."
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