BIB_ID
359955
Accession number
MA 826.46
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1818 Feb. 25-26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.3 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 the death of Lord Abercorn; gossiping about shared acquaintances; mentioning [William] Wordsworth and discussing Lord Byron's poetry at length; commenting on Lady Hervey's poor health.
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