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Collection of the correspondence of Sir Philip Francis : England and India, 1765-1809.

BIB_ID
284331
Accession number
MA 148.1-79
Display Date
1765-1809.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 v. (79 items), bound : ill. (port.) ; 25.0 cm.
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
Collection consists of 79 autograph letters signed, 59 of which are written by Sir Philip Francis, 19 of which are written to Sir Philip Francis (4 by William Allen, 10 by William Barrington, 2 by Thomas Bradshaw and 3 by John Bristow, and one letter, by an unknown author, is signed "p.p." Letters in the collection have been described individually in 79 separate catalog records (one letter is MA 148.12a); see related records for more information.