BIB_ID
124742
Accession number
MA 150.55
Creator
Martin, Claude, 1735-1800.
Display Date
1780 Sept. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm.
Notes
Address panel with seal to "Philip Francis, Esq. / Chankenagore."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The last four lines of this letter are written in French.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The last four lines of this letter are written in French.
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 how distressed he was to learn of his accident but congratulating him on his recovery.
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