BIB_ID
81490
Accession number
MA 149.9
Creator
Campbell, John, 1708-1775.
Display Date
1771 Oct. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (1 p.), bound ; 22.8 cm.
Notes
Docketed "24th Oct. 1771 / Doctor Campbell."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Queens Square, Ormond Street."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Queens Square, Ormond Street."
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
Apologizing for his silence; saying he has not been well; inviting him and Mrs. Francis to visit "to dispel that melancholy that overwhelms me."
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