BIB_ID
281932
Accession number
MA 150.82
Creator
Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803.
Display Date
"Wednesday morn" [year unknown] May 6".
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.3 cm.
Notes
Astle was appointed to the State Paper Office at Whitehall in 1764 and it appears that he worked on projects through that office until he died, though he stopped taking income from the position in 1789.
Identity of recipient inferred from contents of the letter.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Identity of recipient inferred from contents of the letter.
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
Scheduling a meeting; enclosing a note from a Mr. Green.
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