BIB_ID
339318
Accession number
MA 148.52
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1772 Jan. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 22.8 cm.
Notes
Francis begins this letter on January 24th and completes it on January 28th; the Princess Dowager died on February 8, 1772.
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.
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.
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
Discussing an ongoing financial issue concerning Baggs; telling him that Mr. D'Oyly had resigned [as Deputy-Secretary of the War Office] and that he had been offered the position, but declined; saying he has "schemes floating in my mind about a certain six months' voyage;" adding that he hears "from good authority the Princess Dowager cannot last for many days."
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