BIB_ID
107856
Accession number
MA 176.88
Creator
DeLoraine, Henry Scott, Earl of, 1737-1807.
Display Date
1788 Feb. 15.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters related to the trial of Warren Hastings; see collection-level record (MA 176-177) for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890.
Summary
Saying that he applied for tickets to the Warren Hastings trial but was refused because he was not a Peer in Parliament; explaining that he is a Peer of Scotland and believes, "by the Act of Unison is allow'd every other Honor & Privilege of an English Peer" and has a right to tickets to the trial; asking that Sir Peter Burrell order tickets to be delivered to him.
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