BIB_ID
408314
Accession number
MA 35.66
Creator
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 18.9 x 11.6 cm
Notes
It seems most likely that this letter was written after Burney's marriage to Alexandre d'Arblay in 1793, and possibly during one of their sojourns in France, but there is no evidence on the letter for a specific date or place of writing.
Part of a watermark is visible.
Address panel: "à / Messrs & / Mrs. J. et C. Burney."
Part of a watermark is visible.
Address panel: "à / Messrs & / Mrs. J. et C. Burney."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905 as part of a collection of Burney's correspondence and fragments of manuscripts, bound in three volumes. Disbound in 1925.
Summary
Concerning exchanging family news.
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