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Collection of the correspondence of Sir Philip Francis : England and India, 1749-1818.

BIB_ID
341422
Accession number
MA 150.1-89
Display Date
1749-1818.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 v. (89 items), bound : ill. (port.) ; 25.0 cm
Notes
MA 150.89 has been removed from the volume.
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 78 autograph letters signed, 3 letters, 1 autograph memorandum, 1 copy of a manuscript of a poem signed with initials, and 1 facsimile of a manuscript memorandum and 5 manuscript notes and letter fragments. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.