BIB_ID
331106
Accession number
MA 494.22
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1790 July 17.
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 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
Expressing his anxiety at their travelling to the Continent, remarking that although the English papers are full of mis-information it is untrue that they have exaggerated the barbarities in France, and citing incidents of violence; reiterating that there is also unrest in Tuscany and Hungary. Noting that he has recovered from his gout and mentioning his engagements. Continuing the letter on Monday the 19th: noting that he came to town the day before and had to defend himself against rumours of illness; mentioning that he saw two Frenchwomen that evening and reporting that celebrations on Wednesday (the Fête de la Fédération, 14 July 1790) were peaceful, but still expressing anxiety at their travels.
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