BIB_ID
331909
Accession number
MA 495.20
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1791 Oct. 9.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.6 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry à la poste restante à Ausbourg, Allemagne." Redirected in an unknown hand "aux soins de Mr. Perregaux, banquier, Paris."
Numbered "No. 57" and "No. 56" [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.
Numbered "No. 57" and "No. 56" [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
Recalling their departure and the significant events that have passed since they left England a year ago and referencing his anxiety for their healths and safety; describing a trip with General Conway to visit Windsor Castle; remarking that a year's absence has only increased his affection for the Berry sisters. Thanking her for a description of Bologna; regretting that he has no news to send but mentioning some gossip concerning General Gunning being arrested for debt.
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