BIB_ID
340126
Accession number
MA 149.6
Creator
Bourke, John, 1722-1806.
Display Date
1773 Oct. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address), bound ; 22.7 cm.
Notes
Address panel to "Philip Francis, Esqr."
Docketed "5th Oct. 1773 / Mr. John Bourke."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Docketed "5th Oct. 1773 / Mr. John Bourke."
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
Referring to a proposed meeting with "my friend;" saying he thinks it better to meet at his home in the country rather than in town; saying he will take the greatest care with the papers.
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