BIB_ID
379748
Accession number
MA 981.46
Creator
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Display Date
1775 Jan. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1906.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Rev. / Mr. Temple."
Enclosing an autograph letter signed (2 p.) to Mrs. [Anne] Temple dated Edinburgh, 1774 Dec. 31.
Part of a large collection of letters from James Boswell to William Johnson Temple and related correspondence. Letters have been described in individual records; see MA 981 for details.
With seal.
Enclosing an autograph letter signed (2 p.) to Mrs. [Anne] Temple dated Edinburgh, 1774 Dec. 31.
Part of a large collection of letters from James Boswell to William Johnson Temple and related correspondence. Letters have been described in individual records; see MA 981 for details.
With seal.
Provenance
Major William Stone; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1906.
Summary
Enclosing a letter to Anne Temple; discussing his doubts about "human liberty" and "God's prescience"; mentioning Montesquieu. In the letter to Anne Temple, Boswell wishes her joy of her newborn son and sends his compliments.
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