BIB_ID
132098
Accession number
MA 149.81
Creator
Moore, Peter, 1753-1828.
Display Date
1780 Aug. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (5 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.
The recipient is an American cousin of Sir Philip Francis and a barrister who joined Francis in Calcutta in 1776 and practiced at the Indian bar; he left India with Francis in November 1780.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The recipient is an American cousin of Sir Philip Francis and a barrister who joined Francis in Calcutta in 1776 and practiced at the Indian bar; he left India with Francis in November 1780.
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
Expressing his concern "at the Accident which has lately befallen my dear Friend Mr. Francis;" discussing the situation in the war with the Mahrattahs and the possibilities for peace.
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