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Collection of the correspondence of Sir Philip Francis : England and India, 1765-1809.

BIB_ID
339727
Accession number
MA 149.1-82
Display Date
1765-1809.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 v. (82 items), bound : ill. (port.) ; 25 cm
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
Collection consists of 82 autograph letters signed. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.