BIB_ID
122045
Accession number
MA 150.38
Creator
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
Display Date
[1758 Dec. 16].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.7 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso with the date of receipt as "16 Dec. / 1758."
Lord Fitzmaurice was serving in the 20th Regiment of the British Army at the time of writing; he would later serve as Prime Minister from 4 July 1782 - 2 April 1783.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Sir Philip Francis was serving as secretary to General Bligh in the expedition against Cherbourg.
The only date of writing is "Saturday / 1 o'clock;" the letter indicates that Lord Fitzmaurice will wait for it, therefore, it is likely that the letter was written on the same day it was received; December 16, 1758 was a Saturday.
Lord Fitzmaurice was serving in the 20th Regiment of the British Army at the time of writing; he would later serve as Prime Minister from 4 July 1782 - 2 April 1783.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Sir Philip Francis was serving as secretary to General Bligh in the expedition against Cherbourg.
The only date of writing is "Saturday / 1 o'clock;" the letter indicates that Lord Fitzmaurice will wait for it, therefore, it is likely that the letter was written on the same day it was received; December 16, 1758 was a Saturday.
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 is "necessitated by our General's second change of mind to trouble His Secretary once more;" asking that he "write another, leaving a Blank for the General to fill up with the Sum, omitting, Hundreds."
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