Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph copy of his letter signed : York, to Mr. Brown, 1760 Sept. 9.

BIB_ID
317481
Accession number
MA 417.13
Creator
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Display Date
1760 Sept. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (3 p.) bound ; 19.4 cm
Notes
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.
Rev. Brown was an English clergyman living in Geneva; Sterne's friend John Hall-Stevenson met Brown in Geneva and forwarded a letter to Sterne (MA 417.12) from Brown regarding "Tristram Shandy" and Sterne.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.
Summary
Thanking him for his letter and the kind words about "Tristram Shandy" and responding to his questions.