BIB_ID
331937
Accession number
MA 496.49
Creator
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852.
Display Date
"Wednesday morning" [1789 Apr. 29].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address), bound ; 18.8 cm
Notes
Address panel addressed to " Hon'ble / Horace Walpole."
Date of writing from Lewis and Wallace.
Miss Berry refers to Erasmus Darwin's poem "The Botanic Garden" published in 1789.
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 (Letter from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793) and MA 497 (Letters to various persons and miscellaneous writings).
Date of writing from Lewis and Wallace.
Miss Berry refers to Erasmus Darwin's poem "The Botanic Garden" published in 1789.
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 (Letter from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793) 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
Thanking him for sending "The Botanic Garden;" looking forward to seeing him the following evening.
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