Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], [1717].

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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], [1717].

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Praising her and imagining her return to England; noting that "the pleasure [of] thinking about [her] return transports [him] beyond the bounds of common Sence and decency"; mentioning his desire to meet her in Italy if she intends to return that way; discussing the "joy of following [her] Footsteps"; telling her a story about "Jeffrey Rudel the Provençall Poet"; asking her to bring him "the fair Cirassian [they] us'd to talk of," and to select her by consulting her own image in the mirror; inquiring whether she received the box of books he sent; sending greetings from various mutual acquaintances.

1 item (7 p.) ; 22.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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