BIB_ID
360079
Accession number
MA 826.64
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1820 Jan. 3-6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.6 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
Asking for news from England; observing that "the papers are alarming," and noting that "the removal of Ld. Fitzwilliam [William Wentworth Fitzwilliam?] was a most injudicious measure"; commenting on Parliament's approval of "Lord John Russell's motion"; sharing gossip about various Britons who are in Italy; discussing Lady Morgan and wondering which of her novels Harriet likes best; .
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