BIB_ID
339172
Accession number
MA 148.33
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1770 July 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 22.7 cm.
Notes
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see 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
Inquiring as to what benefit he might obtain by acquiring one thousand acres in America; saying he has not had a chance to consider a proposal by their cousin that he acquire land in Ireland; hoping that Macrabie will return to England in the summer.
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