BIB_ID
124596
Accession number
MA 149.80
Creator
Macrabie, Alexander, d. 1776.
Display Date
1769 Feb. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.8 cm.
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The recipient is a cousin of Elizabeth Francis, wife of Sir Philip Francis; Elizabeth is Alexander Macrabie's sister; Patty lived with Mr. and Mrs. Macrabie.
The recipient is a cousin of Elizabeth Francis, wife of Sir Philip Francis; Elizabeth is Alexander Macrabie's sister; Patty lived with Mr. and Mrs. Macrabie.
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
Apologizing for not having written sooner; saying that he shares in "your Joy on the Birth of another Phil Francis. My Sister has wrote me a Letter on the Occasion."
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