John Boyle Orrery letter, to Messrs. Dodsley, [not before 1754] : manuscript

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Title: John Boyle Orrery letter, to Messrs. Dodsley, [not before 1754] : manuscript
Creator: Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762
Published / Created: [not before 1750]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Autographed letter signed by John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, and addressed to the booksellers Messrs. Dodsley on the subject of Horace Walpole. He commences the letter by asking to see any work by "Mr Walpole": "I am told of one that it is very difficult to be procured". He says that he met "Mr Walpole" many years ago at Houghton when he was treated with “honours and civility," but has never had "an opportunity of improving my acquaintance with him" but would "you oblige me to the highest degree in trying to let me have one of his books". Signed "Corke".
Description: John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork (1707-1762), writer, friend of Swift, Pope and Johnson.
In English.
Date based on beginning of partnership of Robert and James Dodsley
Dodsley spelled "Dodseley" in the address.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Purchased from A.R. Heath, October 2017.
Extent: 1 item (1 page) ; 20 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Correspondence
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
R. and J. Dodsley.
Subject (Topic): Booksellers and bookselling
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
R. and J. Dodsley
Booksellers and bookselling > England > London

Access: Public
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Citation: John Boyle Orrery Letter to Messrs. Dodsley. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.