BIB_ID
116263
Accession number
MA 177.1
Creator
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806.
Display Date
1788 Feb. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.1 cm
Notes
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 letter appears quite clearly to be dated "Monday 13 Feb. 1788" however, the Mondays in February in 1788 are the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th.
The letter appears quite clearly to be dated "Monday 13 Feb. 1788" however, the Mondays in February in 1788 are the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890.
Summary
Referring to an account of a fire and questioning the "nature of the mischief, or the extent of the danger;" asking that he order "such accounts of it, to be given you tomorrow as will make it perfectly evident that nothing more is to be apprehended from it."
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