BIB_ID
137065
Accession number
MA 177.140
Creator
Smith, John, active 1788
Display Date
1788 Feb. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters related to the trial of Warren Hastings; see collection-level record (MA 176-177) for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890.
Summary
Making a request on behalf of Mr. Hastings for a "small Desk at the Bar for the better accommodation of his taking notes at the Tryal / also to have an additional Bench at the Bar opposite the present Bench for his Friends to sit down / that the Rooms appropriated to his use may be lighted with [illegible] Lamps."
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