BIB_ID
409793
Accession number
MA 4647.9
Creator
Cleland, John, 1709-1789.
Display Date
1757 February 26.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1989.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.3 x 15.7 cm
Notes
Cleland gives the place of writing as "Pallmall," a street in London.
Cleland does not refer to Dickinson by name on the letter, but internal evidence strongly suggests that he is the recipient.
Cleland does not refer to Dickinson by name on the letter, but internal evidence strongly suggests that he is the recipient.
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby's, London, December 14, 1989 (lots 11 and 12).
Summary
Reminding Dickinson about his request for helping in getting some papers from his mother (see MA 4647.8 for the original request); enclosing three articles of his about the case of Admiral John Byng (no longer with the letter): "My opinion of Mr. Byng's case, rather growing than cooling with consideration, I could not resist the temptation of giving to the Public this expansion of my letter to you [...] I heartily wish they may meet with as much approbation from you, as I am informed they have done from the Public."
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