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Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Philip Francis, 1779 Jan. 29.

BIB_ID
136536
Accession number
MA 150.12
Creator
Robinson, John, 1727-1802.
Display Date
1779 Jan. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Place of writing inferred from the contents of the letter.
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
Acting on the orders of Lord North, recommending "John Fenwick, a Free Merchant at Calcutta," to the protection of Sir Francis.