BIB_ID
300394
Accession number
MA 231.11
Creator
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Display Date
1696 Mar. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.6 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 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.
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