BIB_ID
338615
Accession number
MA 148.12
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1768 Oct. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.8 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see related collection-level record for more information.
Portions of the second leaf have been excised.
Portions of the second leaf have been excised.
Provenance
By descent to his eldest granddaughter Miss Francis, and in her possession in 1871; sale (London, Sotheby's, 27 November 1897); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1901.
Summary
Informing him of the birth of his son; mentioning Rutherford; remarking that "we are all raving mad about the King of Denmark's masquerade" because the tickets are even more expensive than those for the lottery; reporting that the price of corn has fallen and that as the stocks continue to fall, "nothing is expected by Bloodshed & Battery." Asking about lands; mentioning that he has applied for a year's leave.
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