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Autograph letter signed : St. Leonard's, to Sir James [Pulteney], 1801 Dec. 13.

BIB_ID
105628
Accession number
MA 1265.5
Creator
Harcourt, William Harcourt, Earl, 1743-1830.
Display Date
1801 Dec. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and franking to "L: Gen. Sir James Pulteney B: / Bruton Street / Berkeley Square / London."
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
Concerning a young man who could benefit from military instruction abroad for the next two years, but who will require a "sensible young man to accompany him for he is much to young of his age to be trusted alone out of sight of his friends."