BIB_ID
339536
Accession number
MA 148.75
Creator
Bradshaw, Thomas, 1733-1744.
Display Date
1771 Aug. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.), bound ; 23.5 cm.
Notes
Britannicus was one of the signatures used by Sir Philip 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 that he has "read Britannicus with great pleasure, as I always do, every production of the same pen, because they are dictated by a sound understanding & a good heart."
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