BIB_ID
339465
Accession number
MA 148.62
Creator
Allen, William, active 1778.
Display Date
1775 Jan. 30.
Credit line
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.
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
Saying he is writing though he has no news from England that might interest him; worrying that he might be drinking too much wine.
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