BIB_ID
331366
Accession number
MA 494.36
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1790 Dec. 16.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (2 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." Redirected in an unknown hand to "Pisa."
Numbered "No. 11" [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).
Numbered "No. 11" [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).
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 she has not received any letters from England and wondering if she has written since the last letter he received of Nov. 16; noting that Miss Penn's brother, who was in Florence, also did not receive letters for some time. Referencing the trivial contents of his letters, remarking that the French could have no interest in them. Worrying that she has not received news about the Berrys private affairs, including that their house has been let for six months and that Mr. Berry's horse has been sold. Sending Mrs. Damer's address in Lisbon; mentioning mutual acquaintances and local news. With a postscript regretting that he was right about the inconveniences of Continental travel.
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