BIB_ID
339203
Accession number
MA 148.37
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1771 Jan. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 22.7 cm.
Notes
Major Philip Baggs was a first cousin to Sir Philip Francis and close friend.
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
Sending the letter to him in Gibraltar; referring to "Mr. Nightingale's Behavior;" relating news of the resignation of Sir E.[dward] Hawke and the succession to the position [First Lord of the Admiralty] by Lord Sandwich.
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