BIB_ID
331370
Accession number
MA 496.21
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1795 Aug. 26-Aug. 28.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 19.8 cm
Notes
Identity of recipient from Lewis and Wallace.
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 494 (Letter from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793) and MA 497 (Letters to various persons and miscellaneous writings).
This letter was started on August 26th at Berkeley Square, added to on the 27th from Strawberry Hill and completed there on August 28th.
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 494 (Letter from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793) and MA 497 (Letters to various persons and miscellaneous writings).
This letter was started on August 26th at Berkeley Square, added to on the 27th from Strawberry Hill and completed there on August 28th.
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
Relating news of his recent engagements and encounters with mutual acquaintances.
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