Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to the Earl of Orrery, [1742] July 23.

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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to the Earl of Orrery, [1742] July 23.

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Inquiring upon the arrival of his Great Dane, Bounce, whom he has given to Orrery; mentioning a request to "answer [his] Noble Neighbours Latin, or hear his English Oratory"; describing a recent visit in the park with the Duchess of Buckingham that left him concerned for her; indicating that he may stay at Orrery's [London?] home in his absence to call upon "Lord Boyle & his Brother"; indicating Cibber's intent to publish a letter to him in which he recalls an unsavory anecdote regarding Pope.

1 item (2 p., with address), bound ; 20.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762

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Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757

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