BIB_ID
318634
Accession number
MA 849.13
Creator
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Display Date
[1760] Jan. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
"Sterne wrote this letter for Catherine Fourmantel to rewrite and send, as her own composition, to David Garrick, asking him to read and recommend Tristram Shandy."--Cf. Librarian's note accompanying the letter.
Part of a collection of letters from Laurence Sterne to his mistress Catherine Fourmantel, a professional singer whom he met in York in 1759. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Recipient and year of writing from Curtis.
Part of a collection of letters from Laurence Sterne to his mistress Catherine Fourmantel, a professional singer whom he met in York in 1759. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Recipient and year of writing from Curtis.
Provenance
By descent to Mrs. Henry Weston, the daughter of a friend of Fourmantel's; John Murray (1778-1843), who allowed Isaac D'Israeli to publish five letters from this collection in his Miscellanies of Literature; by descent to his son John Murray (1808-1892); by descent to his grandson A.H. Hallam Murray; purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1912.
Summary
Encouraging him to read Tristram Shandy "because it has a great Character as a witty smart Book" and asking him to review it. Noting that the author is "a kind & generous friend of mine," whose friendship she wishes repay by asking [Garrick] for this favor.
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