BIB_ID
125393
Accession number
MA 150.63
Creator
O'Byrne, M., fl. 1798.
Display Date
1798 Jan. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.5 cm.
Notes
At the bottom of the letter, there appears to be an accounting of expenses incurred over a 3 week period to December 16th by J. Godfrey with what appears to be a payment by Godfrey of £20; the notation appears to be in the hand of Sir Philip Francis and has been written upside down on the sheet.
Docketed on verso; identity of recipient from docket.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Docketed on verso; identity of recipient from docket.
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
Reproaching him for preferring a family party to dining with the Prince of Wales and his friends.
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