Autograph letter signed : "Somerset St", to Horace Walpole, "Wednesday morning" [1789 Apr. 29].
Record ID:
331937
Accession number:
MA 496.49
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1904.
Description:
1 item (2 p., with address), bound ; 18.8 cm
Notes:
Date of writing from Lewis and Wallace.
Miss Berry refers to Erasmus Darwin's poem "The Botanic Garden" published in 1789.
Address panel addressed to " Hon'ble / Horace Walpole."
Part of a collection of letters from Horace Walpole to Mary and Agnes Berry. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information. See also MA 494 (Letter from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793) and MA 497 (Letters to various persons and miscellaneous writings).
Summary:
Thanking him for sending "The Botanic Garden;" looking forward to seeing him the following evening.
Provenance:
Given by Mary Berry to Sir Frankland Lewis; by descent to his daughter-in-law Lady Theresa Lewis; by descent to her son Sir Thomas Villiers Lister; by descent to his wife Lady Lister; acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1904.
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