BIB_ID
105993
Accession number
MA 693.23
Creator
Burke, Richard, 1733-1794.
Display Date
"Monday" [178-?].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters related to Edmund Burke; see main record for MA 693 for more information.
Richard Burke was retained as counsel by the prosecution during the impeachment of Warren Hastings.
Richard Burke was retained as counsel by the prosecution during the impeachment of Warren Hastings.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1910.
Summary
Sending them tickets for the trial of Warren Hastings: "one good -- one indifferent seat, for two girls worthy both of the box of the greatest King."
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