Letter to Horace Walpole, 1769 May 8.

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Letter to Horace Walpole, 1769 May 8.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letter from Mason to Horace Walpole, in which Mason writes that he has read Walpole's tragedic play, The Mysterious Mother, several times and has provided a sketch of alterations he believes necessary to improve the denouement. The list of alterations accompanies the letter, which consist of dialogic emendations at specific page and line numbers. At the end of the letter, a note signed by Walpole states his reasons against adopting Mason's suggestions, "because they woud totally have destroyed my Object."

3 leaves ; various sizes.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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