BIB_ID
364843
Accession number
MA 86.3
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Display Date
1785 Dec. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Revd. Walter Bagot / Chicheley."
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
With seal.
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
With seal.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 28-29 July 1903, lot 460); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1904.
Summary
Thanking him for being the first subscriber to his forthcoming translation of Homer's Iliad; sending thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Chester through Bagot; asking to "be mention'd to Mrs. Bagot as one who loves her"; mentioning that Mrs. [Mary] Unwin also sends greetings to Mrs. Bagot.
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