BIB_ID
116287
Accession number
MA 150.4
Creator
Tilghman, Richard, d. 1787.
Display Date
1773 Jan. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801) was appointed by Lord North as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1772 succeeding Hillsborough; Dartmouth served until 1775.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801) was appointed by Lord North as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1772 succeeding Hillsborough; Dartmouth served until 1775.
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.
Summary
Saying that he feels himself "americanizing very fast--Yet even that disturbs me--At this Moment I am shock'd to think that if, by any Accident, We should ever meet again, We probably should not look upon each other as We formerly did; adding that "his Majesty has pleas'd to give Us a new Secretary of State, who talks of carrying People over to be try'd in England, for Offences committed in America! We all hated the Vastus, et foedus Hillsborough, and pray'd constantly for his Removal: but, like the poor Frogs in the Fable, when it is too late, and the Stork is picking Us up, We wish to have our Log again."
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