Autograph letter signed : "New Inn" [London], to Sir James Pulteney, 1808 July 25.

Record ID: 
101730
Accession number: 
MA 1265.43
Author: 
James, Charles, active 1804-1811.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description: 
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes: 

Address panel to "The Rt. Hon'ble / Sir James Pulteney Bart."
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).

Summary: 

Concerning a Will which he has enclosed and in which the "Residue of the Property is given to Sir William for life - then to you for life - and afterwards to the children in manner mentioned in the Will;" detailing four declarations of Lady Bath concerning the distribution of property based on her issue; concluding "Consequently according to the strict Letter of the Will - The Residue, after your death is not disposed of - and unless a Court of Equity should supply the Defect in the Will, then as it seems to me, you would take absolutely the personal Estate - This Part of the Case certainly deserves serious attention."

Provenance: 
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.