BIB_ID
338635
Accession number
MA 148.14
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1768 Dec. 7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.7 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see related collection-level record for more information.
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
Mentioning mutual acquaintances; discussing the anticipation surrounding the Middlesex elections; regretting that their tickets were not pulled in the lottery the previous night.
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