Autograph letter : London, to [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], [1717 June].

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Autograph letter : London, to [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], [1717 June].

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Telling her he thinks of her every day; worrying that he has not been able to tell her the full extent of what he feels; informing her that his eyesight has "grown so bad" that he has "left off all correspondence" except his letters to her; mentioning [William] Congreve; speculating on whether her time in the East has made her better able to understand Homer; sending her a box of his works; giving her the London news; asking her to write as often as possible.

1 item (7 p.) ; 18.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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