BIB_ID
329724
Accession number
MA 1575.11
Creator
Thomson, James 1700-1748.
Display Date
"Wedensday" [sic] 1745 Oct. 23.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows of The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1954..
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.4 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.
The letter has no salutation and no signature.
The letter has no salutation and no signature.
Provenance
Gift of the Fellows of The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1954.
Summary
Saying she may be surprised to hear from him "after so long a Silence;" including 34 lines of verse in 3 stanzas inspired by "some imperfect Scrawls of Letters I formerly wrote to you."
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