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LONG, Anne (1681?-1711). Autograph letter signed to her grandmother, Lady Dorothy Long, n.p., 22 May [n.y.], on chocolate, stockings, social engagements, news of her travels ('a sort of a frolick'), Lady Betty Berkeley, Lord Dursley, Thomas Littleton, the Duke of Richmond, a journey to Portsmouth ('we were overturn'd once wch aded to our mirth'), dinner on board ship, 'great men of war lying ready to follow ye Dutch to Portugall', and elections, 4 pages, 8vo with integral address panel (wear at folds, seal tear).
A letter from the celebrated beauty of London society, Anne Long, the 'toast of the Kit-Cat club' (her name was engraved on the club's drinking glasses, see ODNB). Swift described Long as 'the most beautiful person of the age she lived in, of great honour and virtue, infinite sweetness and generosity of temper'.
A letter from the celebrated beauty of London society, Anne Long, the 'toast of the Kit-Cat club' (her name was engraved on the club's drinking glasses, see ODNB). Swift described Long as 'the most beautiful person of the age she lived in, of great honour and virtue, infinite sweetness and generosity of temper'.
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