BIB_ID
338720
Accession number
MA 148.30
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1770 Mar. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see related collection-level record for more information.
The lower third of the first leaf has been excised.
The lower third 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
Sending some newspapers with Tilghman; mentioning a motion that was carried in the House of Commons. With a postscript remarking "These Americans drink like Whales."
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