BIB_ID
318638
Accession number
MA 849.14
Creator
Weston, Henry, 19th cent.
Display Date
1818 Mar. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 8.8 x 19.7 cm
Notes
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.
Provenance
By descent to his son John Murray (1808-1892); by descent to his grandson A.H. Hallam Murray; purchased with collection here referenced (MA 849) by Pierpont Morgan in 1912.
Summary
A receipt documenting the sale of "the Originals & Copyright of Sundry Letters of Laurence Sterne" (MA 849) to John Murray for thirteen guineas. Signed and delivered by Henry Weston on behalf of his wife. Docketed on verso.
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