Autograph letter : [London], to "my dear Kitty" [Catherine Fourmantel], [1760 May] | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Regretfully breaking an appointment to have tea with her that day, remarking that he forgot he was previously engaged. Noting that he will try to call on her at four o'clock even though "I think it not quite prudent -- but what has prudence, my dear Girl, to do with love?"

Manuscript, English, 1760

Publication:Laurence Sterne letters to Catherine Fourmantel (MA 849)

Physical Description:1 item (1 page) ; 18.9 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:780190293

Notes:

With evidence of a seal

Location and date of writing from Curtis

Part of a collection of letters from Laurence Sterne to his mistress Catherine Fourmantel, a professional singer whom he met in York in 1759. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information