BIB_ID
332180
Accession number
MA 495.50
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1793 Dec. 4.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
Followed on p. 3 -4 by notes clarifying points in the letter in the hand of Mary Berry.
Numbered "No. 70."
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).
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
Numbered "No. 70."
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).
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
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
Regretting that he has no news about Lord Howe; mentioning an outing with Mrs. Damer to the theater and discussing the performance; remarking that he met the Comte de Coigni, who will join Lord Moira's campaign as a volunteer; relating a confusing story about just having received a letter intended for Lady Orford or Lady Oxford. Continuing the letter on Thursday noon: giving an unconfirmed report about Lord Howe's taking five ships. Continuing the letter at Three o'clock: remarking that he has just received an additional report concerning Lord Howe's taking of five ships, but that he will not confirm the reports until he sees a report in Howe's own hand.
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