BIB_ID
331104
Accession number
MA 494.20
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1790 July 3.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "To Miss Berry to be left at the Post Office at Lymington, Hants."
Numbered "No. 16."
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. 16."
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
Expressing his anxiety at their travelling to the Continent, citing unrest in Florence and fearing that Flanders, France and Spain are all unsafe. Mentioning that Mrs. Damer reported in a letter that Lady Ailesbury was charmed with the Berry sisters; looking forward to their stay in Twickenham; mentioning mutual acquaintances and giving local gossip.
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