BIB_ID
359887
Accession number
MA 826.37
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1817 May 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Countess of Bessborough / Cavendish Square / London / Inghilterra."
Part of a collection of letters from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, to Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 826 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Part of a collection of letters from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, to Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 826 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Discussing England and the "Catholic question," and noting that it is surprising to see "such prejudices still existing in an enlightened country like England"; thanking her for sending [George] Canning's speech; talking about Rome and Italy.
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