Autograph letter signed : Oates [near Harlow, Essex], to Cornelius Lyde, 1696 Mar. 30.

Record ID: 
300394
Accession number: 
MA 231.11
Author: 
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description: 
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.6 cm
Notes: 

With seal.
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).

Summary: 

Telling him that the House of Commons "passed a bill whereby Guineas are reduced to 22s: a peice [sic]. And whoever receives clippd money after the 4th of May next forfeits double the value of every peice so received"; asking him to observe this rule in collecting his rents.

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.