BIB_ID
332014
Accession number
MA 495.42
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1793 Oct. 25.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
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
Remarking on the difficulty of affirming reports before he sends them on and calling into question the report concerning the Prince Saxe Coburg; confirming, however, that "the worst news of all" the death of the Queen of France is true although "the particular horrors I do not know." Describing a dinner party with mutual acquaintances at his sister's the evening before and discussing their healths; remarking on Mrs. Damer's betrayal of his trust regarding his recent indisposition.
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