Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Lucy Brightwell, 1842.

Accession number
PML 146431, leaf 091
Creator
Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Addressed, with seal: Lucy Brightwell, / Surry Street.
Item tipped onto leaf 91 of v. 3 of a set of 4 scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits, autographs, manuscripts, facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons (see PML 146429-32).
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.8 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Humorous note concerning a possible meeting with Adam Sedgwick (i.e. "The great gun in the close goes off on Saturday week, I have no reasonable objection to meeting him next Sat. if he be able & willing to fire away at your house on that day ...").
Classification
Department