BIB_ID
338641
Accession number
MA 148.18
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1769 May 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
One word from the second leaf has been excised.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see related collection-level record for more information.
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
Remarking that he has no more political information than what will be found in the newspapers, but remarking that "Truth is out of the question. Each party says and believes just what suits themselves without Decency or Moderation, and a neutral Party is detested by both. A philosopher has no more chance among them than a Cat in Hell." Mentioning the Middlesex petition; remarking that his family is well; asking him to confirm Mr Cox's report that Mackrabie is flourishing in America. With a postscript mentioning that Rosenhagen has become a great partisan for Wilkes.
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