BIB_ID
332153
Accession number
MA 495.48
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1793 Nov. 23.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20 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
Noting that he has just received a letter that was delayed in the post; asking for no news but about their healths; describing a trip to London and listing his visits and attempted visits with several mutual acquaintances, including Mrs. Damer; mentioning a play; discussing some developments in the War [of the First Coalition], mentioning Lord Moira's plans and the movement of several hundred refugees; discussing the settlement of Robert Child's estate, noting that it has been settled on Lord Westmoreland's eldest daughter [Lady Sarah Sophia Fane]. Continuing the letter on Sunday night, 10 o'clock: mentioning an unconfirmed report that Lord Howe has taken six or seven French men-of-war; mentioning the Berrys' grandmother; commenting on the weather and mentioning mutual acquaintances. Continuing the letter on Monday: remarking that the newspaper has not come before he must seal his letter.
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