BIB_ID
300432
Accession number
MA 231.20
Creator
Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Display Date
1697 Oct. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 19.6 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 Lyde that he received the copy of the accounts he sent; noting that he will not be able to go over them until he is back in the country; saying that if Hanny will not pay "he must be sued"; discussing the lease for Francis Carpenter and Lyde's son's visit from Holland. A postscript adds, "The peace was proclaimed here today."
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