BIB_ID
339198
Accession number
MA 148.35
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1770 Sept. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 23.1 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
Thanking him for advancing him the money to purchase the land but wondering "what the Devil am I to do with it?" commenting that "Notwithstanding their public disavowal of New York, I suppose all the Colonies will import goods underhand;" relating news of family and friends.
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