BIB_ID
339288
Accession number
MA 148.46
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1771 May 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.), bound ; 22.6 cm.
Notes
Major Philip Baggs was a first cousin to Sir Philip Francis and a close friend.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The feud between Wilkes and Horne concerned accusations on both sides of financial misconduct; Wilkes was elected to Sheriff in 1771.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The feud between Wilkes and Horne concerned accusations on both sides of financial misconduct; Wilkes was elected to Sheriff in 1771.
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
Referring to an issue with Baggs' pay that he is trying to help resolve; discussing the feud between [John] Wilkes and [John] Horne [Tooke]; saying "Wilkes and Horne are at open war in the newspapers. Nothing can be more contemptible, in my own opinion, nor less interesting than the whole of their correspondence. Horne's malice and rancour are mean and wretched beyond all description. He seems absolutely to have lost his understanding. Rage blinds him, and I really suspect that the ministry pay him for what he does. The other rogue stands his ground, and I have no sort of doubt that he will be sheriff."
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