BIB_ID
332017
Accession number
MA 496.60
Creator
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852.
Display Date
1830 June 22.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p.), bound ; 20.6 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 (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).
This appears to be an autograph copy of an extract of her letter to Lord Dover of June 22, 1830; there is no salutation and no signature.
This appears to be an autograph copy of an extract of her letter to Lord Dover of June 22, 1830; there is no salutation and no signature.
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 her pleasure that he is editing Walpole's letters to Sir Horace Mann; saying that they are "of all of his correspondence, by far the best; were written in all the force and vigour of the peculiarities both of his wit and of his taste, and while his life and habits in the world afforded ample food for both;" discussing, in some detail, the political situation in France.
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