BIB_ID
331630
Accession number
MA 495.3
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1791 June 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry à la poste restante à Florence, Italie."
Followed on p. 3 by notes in the hand of Mary Berry clarifying points in the letter.
Numbered "No. 48" and "No. 38" [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 494 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); 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.
Followed on p. 3 by notes in the hand of Mary Berry clarifying points in the letter.
Numbered "No. 48" and "No. 38" [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 494 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); 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
Regretting that he has no news but that "the second edition of Mother Hubbard's Tale" [i.e., Mrs. Hobart's breakfast] was delayed again because of rain, and that Madame du Barry was there but Madame d'Albany was not; mentioning that Dr. Robertson has published a "Disquisition into the trade of the ancients with India" and discussing the "sensible work;" remarking that [Louis-Joseph de Bourbon] will soon make an "attempt" and lamenting the "violence, injustice, and savage cruelty" of the French Revolution; mentioning mutual acquaintances and the weather.
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