BIB_ID
107553
Accession number
MA 22781.1
Creator
Draper, William, Sir, 1721-1787.
Display Date
London, England, undated.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 22.2 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Written from "Willedon's (or Willeston's) Toy Shop, Conduit Street." Conduit Street is located in London.
Addressed to "George Augustus Selwyn Esq."
Docketed.
One of two letters from Draper to Selwyn in the Morgan's holdings; see MA 22781.2 for the other.
Removed in 1925 from the "Junius Controversy."
Addressed to "George Augustus Selwyn Esq."
Docketed.
One of two letters from Draper to Selwyn in the Morgan's holdings; see MA 22781.2 for the other.
Removed in 1925 from the "Junius Controversy."
Summary
Asking for a loan; explaining "I have three large Debts due to me from Men whose Estates & Expectation are very responsible but my necessity is so pressing from a Creditor to whom I owe 300£ that I am, for the first time in my Life, afraid of Consequences."
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