BIB_ID
339389
Accession number
MA 148.58
Creator
Francis, Philip, Sir, 1740-1818.
Display Date
1767 Aug. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address), bound ; 23.8 cm.
Notes
Address panel to "Mrs. Francis, at her / house at / Hampstead."
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
Letting her know that he has arrived safely; commenting on the paved roads saying they are "the most detestable circumstance in the world to a head naturally inclined to ache."
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