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Autograph letter signed : Lisbon, to Sir Philip Francis, 1774 Apr. 22.

Record ID: 
341808
Accession number: 
MA 150.22
Author: 
Allen, William, active 1778.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description: 
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes: 

Address panel to "Philip Francis esquire / at Madeira, / on his voyage to / Bengal."
Docketed on verso.
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.

Summary: 

Relating news of a mutual acquaintance who was injured "at the taking of Tanjour."

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.
Catalog Link: 
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Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts