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.
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."
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