BIB_ID
340546
Accession number
MA 149.38
Creator
D'Oyly, Christopher, 1717-1795.
Display Date
1765 Dec. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.9 cm.
Notes
D'Oyly married Sarah Stanley on December 2, 1765.
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
Thanking him for his congratulations on his marriage; saying that "...amazing as it may be, yet I already agree with you in thinking that matrimony is a pleasure of the best sort & consequently its duration cannot be too long."
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