BIB_ID
329697
Accession number
MA 1575.1
Creator
Thomson, James 1700-1748.
Display Date
1743 Mar. 10.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows of The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1954..
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 29.2 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from James Thomson to Miss Elizabeth Young. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of the Fellows of The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1954.
Summary
Professing his love for her; saying "I care not where I am if I am not with you: I care not what I am if I live not for you--But why should I teaze you with a Subject about which I have Reason to suspect you are quite indifferent, my Hopes and Fears, what will make me happy or unhappy?" including a declaration of his love in fourteen lines of verse on p. 4.
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