BIB_ID
331918
Accession number
MA 495.23
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1791 Oct. 27.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 19.6 cm
Notes
Address panel (partially torn away) with seal and postmark and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry [aux] soins de Monsieur Peregaux [Ban]quier, Rue du Sentier à Paris."
Numbered "No. 58" and "No. 59" [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. 58" and "No. 59" [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
Expressing great surprise at learning from a letter that she wrote to Mrs. Damer that the Berrys are already in Paris; discussing their plans for returning, concerning exactly when they will visit Strawberry Hill; thanking her for three letters; looking forward to their return.
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