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Autograph letter : Rome, to [Harriet Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough], 1818 Mar. 3-6.

BIB_ID
359965
Accession number
MA 826.48
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1818 Mar. 3-6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23.1 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Discussing shared friends and acquaintances; mentioning the Duke of Wellington; talking about Lady Hervey.