BIB_ID
338640
Accession number
MA 148.17
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1769 Apr. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.6 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
Saying that he is pleased to make the acquaintances of Mr. Wharton [presumably introduced with a letter by Macrabie] because he gives such an excellent account of Macrabie's situation in America; saying that his family is all fat and well; enclosing a paper to cover the recent political news; asking about land in America. With a postscript reporting the death of Macrabie's aunt.
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