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Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to "Harry" [Henry Seymour Conway] , 1741 Oct. 31.

BIB_ID
332378
Accession number
MA 497.2
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Display Date
1741 Oct. 31.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of the correspondence of Horace Walpole to various recipients including Henry Seymour Conway, Benjamin Ibbot and Horace Mann and with a small number of miscellaneous writings and copies of the writings of others. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
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
Relating, in detail, his attendance at a ball and at the King's [George II] birthday celebration.