BIB_ID
331636
Accession number
MA 495.5
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1791 July 4.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry à la poste restante à Florence, Italie."
Numbered "No. 40" [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).
Numbered "No. 40" [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).
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
Noting that Mrs. Damer has repaired his eagle; describing a visit from Madame d'Albany, noting that he no longer thinks so high of the duchess since she did not immediately recall Mary and Agnes; regretting that gossip has spread about how upset Walpole was on hearing of her fall; saying he cannot talk about France because the reports are so contradictory, but empathizing with Marie Antoinette. Continuing the letter at Berkeley Square, Thursday evening, 7th: discussing his "disordered" [i.e., possibly mad] ward [the daughter of Carey Daye, cf. MA 494.63]; mentioning mutual acquaintances at a dinner of Mrs. Damer's; reporting that the Gunnings have returned to London "boldly as ever."
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