BIB_ID
107674
Accession number
MA 176.57
Creator
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Display Date
[1788-1795].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.3 cm
Notes
An engraving, on the verso, titled "The India Directors in the Suds."
Part of a large collection of letters related to the trial of Warren Hastings; see collection-level record (MA 176-177) for more information.
The identity of the recipient is inferred from the contents of the letter.
The letter is dated "Wednesday"; the trial began in February 1788 and ended in April 1795.
Part of a large collection of letters related to the trial of Warren Hastings; see collection-level record (MA 176-177) for more information.
The identity of the recipient is inferred from the contents of the letter.
The letter is dated "Wednesday"; the trial began in February 1788 and ended in April 1795.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890.
Summary
Requesting a reentry pass to the trial of Warren Hastings for a friend who is in poor health and "cannot attend very long at a time."
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