BIB_ID
331043
Accession number
MA 494.11
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1789 July 29.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 19.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "To Miss Mary Berry to be left at the Post House at York." Redirected in an unknown hand to "Weldrake."
Numbered "No. 9." Re-numbered 10 in an unknown hand.
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).
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
Numbered "No. 9." Re-numbered 10 in an unknown hand.
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).
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
Thanking her for her letters and apologizing for his peevishness and jealousy, but noting that he will not change. Discussing his attempts to find a house for the Berrys in Twickenham and mentioning mutual acquaintances. Saying that he has no better news about France than the newspapers, but saying that everyone he speaks to confirms that Paris is held in anarchy by a domineering populace "in the most cruel and savage manner." Disparaging their actions and fearing that the "rage seems to gain in the provinces." Answering her inquiry about who La Chalotais was and discussing Calonne. Continuing the letter on Friday night 31st: discussing Necker's possible return from Basle; describing unrest in the French countryside, noting that the hotel of the Duc du Chatelet has been seized and the furniture sold at auction. Mentioning mutual acquaintances.
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