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Autograph letter signed with initials : [London], to Elizabeth Francis, 1765 May 25.

BIB_ID
159337
Accession number
MA 148.56
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1765 May 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address), bound ; 22.5 cm.
Notes
Address panel with postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Francis / at Mr./ Crouche's on the Parade / at Margate / Kent."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The place of writing is not included in the letter, however, printed letters from Francis to his wife written in the same week, appear to have been written from London.
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
Discussing her budget allowance; relating his activities.