BIB_ID
300411
Accession number
MA 231.16
Creator
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Display Date
1697 Jan. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.9 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 postmark and seal.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.
Summary
Saying that he understands Lyde has let his estate at Buckhill to Francis Carpenter at £30 per annum; telling Lyde he should try to collect the back rent owed by Hanny before he moves out; noting that "were you not a person whose word I can perfectly rely on I should not have been soe easily satisfied to have to doe with Francis Carpenter after he had used me soe scurvily" [sic]; asking Lyde to give 20 shillings to his cousin Mary Doleman.
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