BIB_ID
331237
Accession number
MA 494.30
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1790 Oct. 31.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry à la poste restante à Florence, Italie."
Numbered "No. 20" and "No. 5" [of the series of letters addressed to the Berrys abroad].
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. 20" and "No. 5" [of the series of letters addressed to the Berrys abroad].
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
Wishing for more letters but saying he is glad that they have had such fine weather for their journey; mentioning Mrs. Damer's upcoming travels. Saying he is glad that they "had the amusement of seeing the National Assembly," and wondering if Mr. Berry found it "quite so august as he intended it to be." Looking forward to the publication of Burke's pamphlet [Reflections on the Revolution in France] the following day and noting that Calonne has published a "thumping" one of 440 pages, which Walpole has begun reading. Giving some court gossip and praising her description of the National Assembly and Champ de Mars; asking after their healths; mentioning that Miss Seton called on him; and noting that he intends to go to Park Place on Saturday the 6th.
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