BIB_ID
332621
Accession number
MA 497.20
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Display Date
1783 Dec. [ca. 6].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 20.0 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.
Probable day of writing from published letter.
Probable day of writing from published letter.
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
Discussing the political situation in Ireland; commenting on "Proteus the Count-Bishop" [Earl of Bristol] and "his brother-Proteus Lord Sh[elburne]."
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