BIB_ID
356591
Accession number
MA 711.43
Creator
Payne, J. W. (John Willett), 1752-1803.
Display Date
1800 June 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and documents related to the debts of George IV; see main record for MA 711 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1910.
Summary
Thanking him for two letters and his "care of my poor stomach"; discussing shared acquaintances; mentioning Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse-Kassel, and the Prince of Wales; saying that he is looking for new sailors as his "whole band ... burnt in the Queen Charlotte" (HMS Queen Charlotte was blown up by accident on Mar. 17, 1800).
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