Letters: to Sir William Johnston Temple, 1763-1794.

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Letters: to Sir William Johnston Temple, 1763-1794.

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Manuscripts, in two hands, of 65 letters addressed to William Johnston Temple, primarily from his friend Norton Nicholls and his wife, Anne (Stow) Temple, though the collection also includes several letters from "J. Clarke" as well as one from his mother and father; one from Edward Charles Dilly; and one from Anne Temple to her aunt. Nicholls' letters discuss university life; his social activities with Thomas Gray; and descriptions of Temple's publications and of his own travels through England, Europe, and Scotland and visits to friends. In 1770, he relays Gray's answer to Temple's antiquarian query. He also mentions current events, discussing a session of the House of Lords and the Rockingham administration in 1770; being in the Army; speculating about an impending war based on the treaty between France and America in 1778; deploring the savagery of the Jacobins in 1792; and discussing Robespierre and the English military in 1794. He also frequently mentions his reading, praising Richardson's Clarissa but pronouncing Madame de Sevigne tedious, and mentioning Horace Walpole's poor opinion of a "fumbling antiquarian." In vol. 1, dated 1763, are two letters from Nicholls describing his visit to Walpole at Strawberry Hill, where he takes special note of the throngs of visitors to the estate and describes the view. The letters from Temple's wife focus primarily on domestic and personal matters; she expresses her loneliness and disappointment at being apart from him; complains about her ill health; describes the difficulties of raising children as well as their daily activities; and instructs him to purchase various items for them, including linens, ribbons, and toys. Occasionally she also mentions correspondence with the family of James Boswell. Two letters from vol. 1 are housed separately under LWL Mss File 10.

2 v. ; 30 cm.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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