BIB_ID
79943
Accession number
MA 826.1-68
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1783 Sept. 3-1822 Aug. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 v. (68 items), bound ; 28.6 cm
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908. Some items added to the volume in 1922 from Propert's History of Miniature Art.
Summary
A collection of 68 autograph letters written by Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. The bulk of the letters are to Harriet Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough; also includes letters to Lord [Frederick] Bessborough (MA 826.63), George Lamb (MA 826.21), and four unidentified recipients (MA 826.2, 9, 22, and 67). Items in the collection are described in 68 records (MA 826.1-68).
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