Autograph letter : [Strawberry Hill, London], to Miss [Mary] Berry, 1795 Dec. 3.
Record ID:
331569
Accession number:
MA 496.36
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1904.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address), bound ; 19.8 cm
Notes:
Place of writing and identity of recipient from published letter.
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Miss Berry."
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:
Expressing his happiness at the news that she is feeling better; encouraging her to see someone for her headaches.
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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