BIB_ID
339324
Accession number
MA 148.53
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1776 Sept. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.), bound ; 22.8 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.
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
Relating news of his duties and of mutual acquaintances in India; adding that "without being a violent Patriot, I think any reasonable man may be permitted to fear for the British Empire, in the present alarming circumstances. I wait with impatience and anxiety for the event of this campaign in America."
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