Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to Sir Philip Francis, 1770 Aug. 17.

BIB_ID
102723
Accession number
MA 150.41
Creator
Gravier, David, fl. 1770.
Display Date
1770 Aug. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Philip Francis Esq. / Duke Street / Westminster."
Docketed on verso.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
By descent to his eldest granddaughter Miss Francis, and in her possession in 1871; sale (London, Sotheby's, 27 November 1897); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1901.
Summary
Arranging a fishing party; adding that "the best Inn in any Town is never to be put in Competition with a Friends House; Therefore Come, but come with a Resolution to dine at the old Mansion. May the Fish Catching Gods be propitious."