BIB_ID
332182
Accession number
MA 495.51
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1793 Dec. 6.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed "To Miss Berry at the Post Office at York." Headed "London December the ninth 1793" and franked "Free Orford."
Followed on p. 3 by notes clarifying points in the letter in the hand of Mary Berry.
Numbered "No. 71."
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).
Probable location of writing identified by Lewis and Wallace.
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
Followed on p. 3 by notes clarifying points in the letter in the hand of Mary Berry.
Numbered "No. 71."
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).
Probable location of writing identified by Lewis and Wallace.
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
Concerning confusion about the reports concerning Lord Howe's mission; mentioning a visit to the theater with Mrs. Damer. Continuing the letter on Monday morning: wishing they had sent their new direction; noting there is still no news about Lord Howe or Lord Moira. Continuing the letter Past one: thanking them for a letter from both sisters containing their direction; asking for details concerning their return.
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