Record ID:
132093
Accession number:
MA 149.82
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description:
1 item (19 p.) ; 22.6 cm.
Notes:
Docketed on verso.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary:
Detailing the chronology of events that he believes led to specific accusations against him; asserting that he believes Warren Hastings is the source of the accusations; saying that he [Hastings] "has persecuted me so long, is still unsatisfied in his resentments; has again revived them; is worked up to a most passionate Vengeance; and has menaced my Ruin with extraordinary Confidence."
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.
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