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Autograph copy of a letter signed : "Cavendish Square" London, to Philip Francis, 1778 Dec. 25.

BIB_ID
129370
Accession number
MA 148.67
Creator
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793.
Display Date
1778 Dec. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 22.9 cm.
Notes
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
Relating the circumstances of his retirement from the House of Commons and from the War Office.