BIB_ID
81060
Accession number
MA 2447
Creator
Bacon, John, 1740-1799.
Display Date
1797 March 27.
Credit line
Purchased, 1965.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 22.6 x 19 cm
Notes
Written from Newman Street, an address in London where Bacon is known to have lived.
Address panel with postmarks: "Samuel Thorpe Esqre / Aldgate."
A paragraph of the letter has been crossed out; it appears to contain specifics about the materials Bacon is ordering from Thorpe.
Address panel with postmarks: "Samuel Thorpe Esqre / Aldgate."
A paragraph of the letter has been crossed out; it appears to contain specifics about the materials Bacon is ordering from Thorpe.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, November 1965.
Summary
Inquiring after the health of his correspondent and his family; ordering some materials; commenting on the death of a mutual acquaintance, Mr. Bushman: "You have had reason sometimes to think me of a Melancholy cast, and I confess my thoughts went backwards and forwards on this Occasion. Mr Bushman I had considered as a Man of much worldly [policy] and his success flattered the Judgement I had formed of him. Tho' I could not compare myself to him for [policy] yet I have had some success too, he has left all behind him, so shall I soon [...] some would call this Methodisticall Rant, what would Bushman call it now!"
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