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Manuscript bill endorsed and signed by Edward Gibbon, 1788 Aug. 15.

BIB_ID
102171
Accession number
MA 739.10
Display Date
1788 Aug. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 16.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 18 letters, bills, and documents of the English historian Edward Gibbon. Items are cataloged individually in 18 records (MA 739.1-18); see collection record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1911.
Summary
Manuscript bill for £298.10, issued to the English historian Edward Gibbon by Charles Guyoz. Signed by Gibbon and with Guyoz's note acknowledging receipt of payment on 1 December 1788.