BIB_ID
132396
Accession number
MA 149.43
Creator
Mendip, Welbore Ellis, Baron, 1713-1802.
Display Date
1779 May 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.7 cm.
Notes
Docketed "24th May 1779 / Mr. Ellis / Rx 31 March 1780."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
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
Recommending the son of one of the Lords of the Admiralty to his "notice and protection" in India.
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