BIB_ID
341808
Accession number
MA 150.22
Creator
Allen, William, active 1778.
Display Date
1774 Apr. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Philip Francis esquire / at Madeira, / on his voyage to / Bengal."
Docketed on verso.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Docketed on verso.
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
Relating news of a mutual acquaintance who was injured "at the taking of Tanjour."
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