BIB_ID
159331
Accession number
MA 149.54
Creator
Francis, Mary, b. 1770.
Display Date
1778 Dec. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm.
Notes
Address panel to "Philip Francis Esq / Bengal."
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
Saying it is "the first time of my having the Pleasure of writing to my Dear Papa;" saying she is looking forward to the holidays but more so to the time when he returns.
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