BIB_ID
338687
Accession number
MA 148.25
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1769 Nov. 4.
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.
Portions of the first leaf has been excised.
Portions of the first leaf has 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
Suggesting that Macrabie has suffered "more from the heat of the Madeira than from that of the sun;" repeating information about lottery tickets purchased and saying he has bought one for Macrabie at £14.16.6. Discussing politics, noting "Grenville himself gives up all views of taxing America" and predicting that Parliament will be dissolved. Alluding to Macrabie's success in Philadelphia.
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