Record ID:
106506
Accession number:
MA 150.32
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes:
Identity of recipient inferred from contents of the letter.
John Cree was born John McMahon; date of birth is unknown.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary:
Expressing pleasure that Francis has recovered from his wound; detailing a complaint leveled against him [Cree] by his neighbors to the Governor-General and Council.
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.
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