BIB_ID
340488
Accession number
MA 149.26
Creator
Coote, Eyre, Sir, 1726-1783.
Display Date
1780 Aug. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.3 cm.
Notes
General Coote was an ally of Warren Hastings and in opposition to Sir Philip Francis.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The inquiry relates to an injury Sir Francis had recently sustained in a duel with Warren Hastings.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The inquiry relates to an injury Sir Francis had recently sustained in a duel with Warren Hastings.
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
Writing in the third person and presenting his compliments; inquiring as to how he is.
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