Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed place not specified, to [Bishop Gibson], [1738-1742].

BIB_ID
352391
Accession number
MA 158.2
Creator
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.
Display Date
[1738-1742].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Part of a collection which includes an autograph draft of a memorial by Bishop Gibson (MA 158). Items in the collection have been described individually in five separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
The letter is undated however given its placement within the collection it is possible it was written between 1738 and 1742.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1900.
Summary
Expressing his pleasure at receiving a Charge from him in his hand; saying that it gave him "the first Venerable Idea of your Character;"