Record ID:
360019
Accession number:
MA 826.57
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description:
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.5 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:
Discussing the death of Lord Spencer [probably Lord Charles Spencer]; commenting on shared acquaintances; mentioning the Duke of Wellington and Lord Byron.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
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