BIB_ID
300384
Accession number
MA 231.5
Creator
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Display Date
1696 Feb. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 32.2 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 24 autograph letters signed, a letter signed, and an autograph document. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 231.1-26).
With seal.
With seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.
Summary
Telling him that he "waited on ... Chief Justice Holt who promised to take care of [Lyde's] affair"; adding that he is glad of any occasion to show his thanks for Lyde's efforts to look after his concerns in Pensford; telling him that he trusts his judgment in assessing what needs to be done at Buckhill [Locke's Somerset property]; discussing Joseph Barnes' rent at Buckhill; mentioning currency and saying he wishes he "had all [his] rents returned to London in good bills"; sending him a letter of attorney (MA 231.4).
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