BIB_ID
380063
Accession number
MA 981.99
Creator
Boswell, James, 1778-1822.
Display Date
1795 May 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1906.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Addresed to "Revd. Wm. Temple / St. Gluvias / Penryn / Cornwall."
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 postmark and trace of a seal.
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 postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Major William Stone; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1906.
Summary
Discussing his father's poor health; hoping he will recover strength by "taking a sufficient quantity of nourishment"; mentioning his father's concern at hearing about "the unfortunate accident which happened to [Mr.] & Miss Temple."
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