Autograph letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, written from Strawberry Hill, London and dated 9 July 1789
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CMV35279
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MA 494.8, ‘Autograph letter : “Strawberry Hill” [London], to Mary Berry, 1789 July 9.’
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Autograph letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, written from Strawberry Hill, London and dated 9 July 1789
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, written from Strawberry Hill, London and dated 9 July 1789.
Detailed Summary:
Walpole thanks Berry for her last letter and expresses his sorrow at her falling ill just as he has recovered from his gout and fall. He goes on to discuss the French Revolution and notes that he has been reading Voltaire’s correspondence. He ends with some minor news, mentionin Tonton their dog and the terrible rains that they have had lade, concluding by saying that he looks forward to her return in September.
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4 pp.
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Height: 197 mm
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9 July 1789
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Given by Mary Berry to Sir Frankland Lewis, from whom it passed successively by descent to Lady Theresa Lewis, Sir Thomas Villiers Lister, and Lady Lister.
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Aquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1904.
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