Letters to Hannah More, 1789-1795.

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Letters to Hannah More, 1789-1795.

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Five letters from Walpole to Hannah More, in Walpole's hand, primarily containing social and topical news. In the first letter, dated 1789, he congratulates More on the demolition of the Bastille and shares his thoughts on its significance and the possibility of the emancipation of slaves in Great Britain. Elsewhere, he criticizes Mary Wollstonecraft for her attacks on Marie Antoinette; offers further thoughts on the French Revolution; praises More for her charitable deeds and lists the persons he has approached about subcriptions to her charitable plan; shares news about Agnes and Mary Berry; and complains about his own gout and rheumatism.

1 v. (10 leaves) ; 29 cm.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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