Record ID:
340308
Accession number:
MA 149.16
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description:
1 item (8 p.), bound ; 23.0 cm.
Notes:
Identity of recipient inferred from the contents of the letter.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary:
Referring to Sir Francis' case against Warren Hastings; saying that she pities "those who persist in wrong doing, as to you Sir, and Mr. Wheler, you are mentioned in England as you both deserve & I heartily hope that you will be approved and supported to the utter shame of bad Men;" saying she is very happy to be back in England; relating news of her children and mutual friends.
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.
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