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Autograph letter signed : "Zepen Sluice" to Sir James Pulteney, 1799 Oct. 3.

BIB_ID
101690
Accession number
MA 1265.28
Creator
Hope, Alexander, Sir, 1769-1837.
Display Date
1799 Oct. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Volume 8 (MA 1265) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 1265.1-59).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Granting approval from His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief "of your going into Oude Caspel & following up the Enemy but with caution, by no means committing your Troops untill the Gen'l position of the Army is more ascertained, of which you will be made acquainted."