BIB_ID
331105
Accession number
MA 494.21
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1790 July 10.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "To Miss Mary Berry to be left at the Post Office at Lymington, Hants."
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).
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).
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
Reporting that he is recovering [from an episode of the gout] and complaining about the bad weather; copying a passage from The Times [of 8 July] describing unrest in Leghorn and remarking that Pisa "is no sojourning place for you!" Advising them not to travel to the Continent, noting that even Monsieur Capet does not embark for France; speaking against the revolution in France, remarking that he is outraged by the "destruction of all the visions that make history delectable," noting that they are "instructing the populace to lay everything to waste!" Continuing the letter on the 12th: relating news from France, noting that someone mistaken for the Sardinian minister was hanged without leave (a false report); that Madame de St Alaban was arrested and had her papers seized; that Mr. and Mrs. Hamlyn were stopped seven times on the road between Boulogne and Calais; and that the son of Madame de Boufflers writes that he does not know if he will see her again. Calling Lord Stanhope a "mischievous lunatic." Continuing the letter on Tuesday: mentioning mutual acquaintances and assuring her that he is well and stays indoors only to avoid a relapse.
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