BIB_ID
136324
Accession number
MA 150.66
Creator
Rochford, William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, Earl of, 1717-1781.
Display Date
1763 May 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.3 cm.
Notes
Identity of recipient inferred from its placement within the collection.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Berkeley Square."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Berkeley 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
Apologizing for not having been to see him; saying he has been ill with a "violent fever" for a month.
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