Record ID:
125478
Accession number:
MA 835.1
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes:
The letter is not dated, however an account of this letter, cited below, discussing Jones' relationship with Wheatley dates the letter to the summer of 1777.
Address panel to "Hector McNeill Esq're / Captain of the Navy / Boston."
Part of a collection of letters written by John Paul Jones to Captain Hector McNeill. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Summary:
Asking him to deliver an enclosure "into the hands of the Celebrated Phillis [Wheatley] the African Favorite of the Nine and of Apollo -- should she reply -- I hope you will be the bearer."
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J. Pearson & Company, 1912.
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