Autograph letter signed : Lisbon, to Philip Francis, 1775 Jan. 30.

Record ID: 
339465
Accession number: 
MA 148.62
Author: 
Allen, William, active 1778.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description: 
1 item (3 p., with address), bound ; 22.5 cm.
Notes: 

Address panel to "Philip Francis, esquire, / at Bengal;" endorsed in a hand that appears to be that of Francis.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.

Summary: 

Saying he is writing though he has no news from England that might interest him; worrying that he might be drinking too much wine.

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.