BIB_ID
331375
Accession number
MA 494.39
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1790 Dec. 23 [i.e., 22].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed "À Monsieur Monsieur Berry à la poste restante à Florence, Italie." Redirected in an unknown hand to "Pisa."
Docketed.
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).
Docketed.
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 fondness for the Berrys, advising them not to return through France. Mentioning the death of the Duchess of Argyle and noting that Lady Douglas is still ill. Continuing the letter on Thursday 23rd, apologizing for the interlineations and additions to his letter from the night before; describing a terrible storm that awoke him in the night; mentioning parliamentary debates on the Spanish Peace, new taxes, and the Warren Hastings trial. Concluding with the observation that the Berrys do not choose the most judicious months for their travels and suggesting they embark for Switzerland in May rather than June. Remarking that Mary and Agnes "seem to write too much for their delicate breasts."
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