BIB_ID
81063
Accession number
MA 150.23
Creator
Baggs, Stephen.
Display Date
1773 Sept. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The letter refers to a translation of "Traité de la circulation et de credit" by Isaac de Pinto, a Jewish financier living in the Netherlands and an advisor to William IV; the translation was published in London in 1774 as the work of Stephen Baggs but in fact widely believed to be the work of Sir Philip Francis.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
The letter refers to a translation of "Traité de la circulation et de credit" by Isaac de Pinto, a Jewish financier living in the Netherlands and an advisor to William IV; the translation was published in London in 1774 as the work of Stephen Baggs but in fact widely believed to be the work of Sir Philip Francis.
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
Saying he has completed his translation and asking when the book is to appear; saying "I tremble at the thoughts of my Name being affixed to the Title page."
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