BIB_ID
364994
Accession number
MA 86.23
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Display Date
1789 May 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Revd. Walter Bagot."
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 trace of a 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 trace of a seal.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 28-29 July 1903, lot 460); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1904.
Summary
Congratulating Bagot on his recent marriage; noting, "you will not be said to have made a prudent choice, but may the event prove that you have made a fortunate one"; asking when he will come to visit; sending him a short epithalamium in Latin and telling him to translate it for Mrs. Bagot.
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