BIB_ID
131393
Accession number
MA 38.6
Creator
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792.
Display Date
1774 Aug. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Tahiti was formerly known as the Island of Otaheite.
Tahiti was formerly known as the Island of Otaheite.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Inviting him and his son to visit him to meet Lord Orford and the "Otaheita man".
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