Autograph letter : Naples, to [Harriet Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough], 1817 June 26.

Record ID: 
359913
Accession number: 
MA 826.41
Author: 
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description: 
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23.5 cm
Notes: 

With postmark and trace of a seal.
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.

Summary: 

Reporting that she has gone back to Naples and found the Cliffords well; commenting on the Pope's poor health and mentioning Cardinal Consalvi; complaining that Lady Westmoreland borrows things and does not return them; asking after Caro [Caroline Lamb]; discussing Lady Bute.

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.