BIB_ID
331534
Accession number
MA 494.53
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1791 Mar. 27.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry à lat poste restante à Florence, Italie." Redirected in an unknown hand to "Pisa."
Numbered "No. 36" and "No. 25" [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. 36" and "No. 25" [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
Remarking that he will begin posting his letters on Fridays instead of Tuesdays; noting that one reason for the delay this week is that he wants to report on Mr. Pitt's message from the King [concerning the Russian-Turkish war], which will be delivered to Parliament the following week; mentioning the "Autocratrix" (Catherine II) and her response concerning Constantinople and Prussia; alluding to peace between the Prince of Wales and the Queen; giving further developments of the Elizabeth Gunning scandal. Continuing the letter on Sunday night: referencing the Russian-Turkish war; noting that Pitt is scheduled to address Parliament the following day. Continuing the letter on Tuesday morning: thanking her for a kind letter, instructing her not to change their plans for him and apologizing again for his "complaining letter."
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