BIB_ID
331581
Accession number
MA 494.58
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1791 Apr. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 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."
Numbered "No. 40" and "No. 30" [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. 40" and "No. 30" [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
Reporting that the Duke of Leeds (then foreign secretary of state) has suddenly resigned and promising to give more information when he returns to town; reporting that the House of Commons rejected the abolition of the slave trade, despite Pitt's and Fox's unity, and reflecting that the National Assembly in France, "while they proclaim the rights of men, did not choose to admit the sable moiety of mankind to a participation of those benefits." Giving further developments in the Elizabeth Gunning scandal; mentioning mutual acquaintances and a scandal involving a young girl with a great fortune being stolen away to Gretna Green and Hannah More's interest in the case; also mentioning that More's former protégé "the milkwoman" [Ann Yearsley] has published a tragedy. Continuing the letter on Monday, in the Square: thanking her for a letter with a favorable report of her nose and promising not to relax in his correspondence. Continuing the letter at night: describing the wedding of Lord Cholmondeley; reporting that the Indian skirmish was a victory; confirming that the Duke of Leeds resigned his post; mentioning the arrival of several French acquaintances.
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