BIB_ID
339175
Accession number
MA 148.34
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1771 Sept. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address), bound ; 22.7 cm.
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed to "Mr. Alexander Mackrabie / at / Philadelphia."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
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
Apologizing for not answering his letters; saying he might be able to raise some money for him in England if he is able to "form such commercial connexions in North America as would enable you to act upon your own account;" relating news of Tilman [Richard Tilghman] and his return to America; saying "We are all pretty quiet here, but it seems to me rather an anxious pause or interval in contention, than the tranquil security of a wise and firm government."
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