BIB_ID
294774
Accession number
MA 985.8
Creator
Gresham, Thomas, Sir, 1519?-1579.
Display Date
1579 Oct. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 35.8 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and documents of Sir Thomas Gresham. Items are described individually in nine records (MA 985.1-9); see collection record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1923.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of a letter from Bacon, and discussing the Bishop of Norwich's leaseholds in Holkham, noting that Gresham has a good "cause to goe tot he Lawe." Mentioning a forthcoming visit by Bacon and his wife, and a previous letter sent to [William] Gilbert.
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