BIB_ID
331243
Accession number
MA 494.31
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1790 Nov. 8.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry à la poste restante à Florence, Italie."
Numbered "No. 21" and "No. 6" [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. 21" and "No. 6" [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
Regretting that he has had no letter from them and wishing that he had not moved to Park Place; sharing the news that peace with Spain has been settled and discussing probable peace with Leopold II; crediting the rumor that there will be a counter-revolution in France. Praising Burke's pamphlet [Reflections on the Revolution in France], noting he has read it twice and can repeat every page by heart. Describing his companions at Park Place. Continuing the letter at Strawberry [Hill], 9th, at night: thanking her for a letter and hoping that Agnes is better; noting that peace with Spain has been ratified. Continuing the letter on Nov. 11: noting he has received a letter from Mrs. Damer and hoping she is in Lisbon by now; mentioning that Burke's pamphlet inspired Dr. Price to toast [at the Revolution Society] to the English parliament becoming a National Assembly.
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