BIB_ID
100814
Accession number
MA 987.6
Creator
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859.
Display Date
1812 July 14.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 33.4 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of Leigh Hunt letters; see main record for MA 987 for more information.
See also Leigh Hunt folder for information on Milton portrait.
With a small memorandum leaf attached.
With seal and addressed to Mr. John Hunt.
See also Leigh Hunt folder for information on Milton portrait.
With a small memorandum leaf attached.
With seal and addressed to Mr. John Hunt.
Summary
Asking for an advance of money, noting "the whole of what I owe absolutely amounts to £550," and giving a list of his accounts. Discussing his purchase of Cornelius Janssen's portrait of John Milton, noting that John will "justly consider [it] as the climax of my improvidence."
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