BIB_ID
331034
Accession number
MA 494.9
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1789 July 10.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Numbered "No. 9."
Part of a collection of letters from Horace Walpole to Mary and Agnes Berry. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information. See also MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793); MA 496 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1794-1796, and letters from the Misses Berry to Walpole); and MA 497 (letters to various persons and miscellaneous writings).
Recipient identified by Lewis and Wallace.
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
Part of a collection of letters from Horace Walpole to Mary and Agnes Berry. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information. See also MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793); MA 496 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1794-1796, and letters from the Misses Berry to Walpole); and MA 497 (letters to various persons and miscellaneous writings).
Recipient identified by Lewis and Wallace.
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
Provenance
Given by Mary Berry to Sir Frankland Lewis; by descent to his daughter-in-law Lady Theresa Lewis; by descent to her son Sir Thomas Villiers Lister; by descent to his wife Lady Lister; Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1904.
Summary
Concerning the Berrys search for a house to let in Twickenham; mentioning unrest in France, noting that the populace were going to burn the house of Monsieur d'Esprémesnil; regretting that England has refused [to export 20,000 sacks of flower to France], but remarking that it is prudent given the effect of the terrible weather on the crops; sending a copy of a poem, Bonner's Ghost, by Hannah More. Continuing the letter on Wednesday, the 15th: saying he is unable to send Bonner's Ghost yet; reporting that Necker has been dismissed, that Paris is in "utmost confusion," that there is cannon activity at the Bastille, and that the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire had only just left the city. Discussing his jealousy and love for both Mary and Agnes Berry.
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