BIB_ID
105995
Accession number
MA 38.2
Creator
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Display Date
"Monday morning" [1771-1772].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.0 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Dr. Burney / Queens Square / Bloomsbury."
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
The island of Tahiti was formerly known as Otaheite.
The letter is undated but is addressed to Dr. Burney at Queen's Square, Bloomsbury; Dr. Burney lived with his daughter, Fanny Burney, at Queen's Square in 1771-1772.
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
The island of Tahiti was formerly known as Otaheite.
The letter is undated but is addressed to Dr. Burney at Queen's Square, Bloomsbury; Dr. Burney lived with his daughter, Fanny Burney, at Queen's Square in 1771-1772.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Written in the third person; presenting his compliments and informing him that his son may be ill as "Captain Cook has not seen him on board for some time;" sending him a gift of 'Otaheito' cloth.
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