Autograph letter signed : Osterley [i.e., London], to his son-in-law Nathaniel Bacon, 1579 Oct. 7.

Record ID: 
294774
Accession number: 
MA 985.8
Author: 
Gresham, Thomas, Sir, 1519?-1579.
Credit: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1923.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 35.8 cm
Notes: 

Part of a collection of letters and documents of Sir Thomas Gresham. Items are described individually in nine records (MA 985.1-9); see collection record for more information.

Summary: 

Acknowledging receipt of a letter from Bacon, and discussing the Bishop of Norwich's leaseholds in Holkham, noting that Gresham has a good "cause to goe tot he Lawe." Mentioning a forthcoming visit by Bacon and his wife, and a previous letter sent to [William] Gilbert.

Provenance: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1923.