BIB_ID
119121
Accession number
MA 150.8
Creator
Wombwell, John, 1748-1813.
Display Date
1780 Oct. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.5 cm.
Notes
Docketed on recto.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
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
Referring to the recent duel Francis fought with Warren Hastings; saying "You have fought in a good cause, and the only man on Earth with whom you ought to have fought. Duels of this kind do equal honor to the head and to the heart, it is a coup de Teâtre worth the whole Piece."
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