BIB_ID
338689
Accession number
MA 148.26
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1769 Dec. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
A portion of the first 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
Regretting that Macrabie's lottery ticket was not drawn; remarking on domestic politics, noting that Parliament and the Ministry are butting heads and that the House of Commons has thrown out the "Money Bill."
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