BIB_ID
136261
Accession number
MA 150.68
Creator
Roberts, John Christopher, 1739-1810.
Display Date
1773 June 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm.
Notes
Docketed on verso.
It is likely that the congratulations refer to the appointment of Sir Philip Francis to the Supreme Council in Bengal.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Lime Street Square.
It is likely that the congratulations refer to the appointment of Sir Philip Francis to the Supreme Council in Bengal.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from Lime Street Square.
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
Saying that financial circumstances prevent him from accepting his invitations; congratulating him "upon an Event so very honourable to your Reputation."
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