BIB_ID
106732
Accession number
MA 9812
Creator
Compton, Henry, 1632-1713.
Display Date
Place not identified, 1690 August 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21 x 16.1 cm
Notes
Southwell is not named on the letter, but based on its contents and its provenance, he is likely to have been the addressee.
Docketed. Year of writing taken from the docket.
From a bound collection of documents and letters titled Autographs of the Bishops of London. Previously accessioned as MA 549.
Docketed. Year of writing taken from the docket.
From a bound collection of documents and letters titled Autographs of the Bishops of London. Previously accessioned as MA 549.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Pearson in June 1906.
Summary
Recommending Thomas Dumvil [Domvile], Clerk of the Crown & Hanaper in the Chancery of Ireland, who is married to his niece's sister; adding "He has behaved himself so well towards ye present government : that I dare recommend him to yo[u]r favour & protection in this, or any other affair."
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