BIB_ID
332185
Accession number
MA 495.52
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
[1793 Dec. 13].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.7 cm
Notes
Numbered "No. 72."
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 and date of writing identified in Lewis and Wallace.
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
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 and date of writing identified in 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
Remarking that he asked for information about their return trip so he could send them news as he receives it; mentioning Lord Howe, a victory in San Domingo, and a probable victory by the Duke of Brunswick; remarking that Robespierre has denounced Barère and remarking on the Pandaemonium in France; referencing an altercation between Lady Wallace and Lady Dashwood; mentioning mutual acquaintances and engagements. Continuing the letter on Saturday, Dec. 14, 1793: saying he is glad that this is to be the last of his gazettes and referencing the general trends of the international news he has shard since they have been in Yorkshire and looking forward to seeing them soon; giving some news he has just received about the Duke of Brunswick and referencing Lord Howe's disappointment. With a postscript mentioning a visit by Lord Derby and Miss Farren.
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