BIB_ID
105753
Accession number
MA 1266.22
Creator
Hanson, John, 1755-1841.
Display Date
[1809 Dec.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 items (1 p.) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Mrs. Fawcett, formerly Markham, was Lady Bath's cousin.
This copy of John Hanson's letter was enclosed in the letter to Sir James Pulteney from Charles James dated December 2, 1809 (MA 1266.21).
Volume 9 (MA 1266) 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 1266.1-61).
This copy of John Hanson's letter was enclosed in the letter to Sir James Pulteney from Charles James dated December 2, 1809 (MA 1266.21).
Volume 9 (MA 1266) 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 1266.1-61).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning the legal proceedings in the case against Mrs. Fawcett; asking that Mrs. Fawcett be given every opportunity to present her case; suggesting "that in a Matter of such Moment to Mrs. Fawcett & her Children it is not within her limited Means to do effectual Justice to herself & them without some Assistance, and it is hoped there will not be any Objection to the Executors of Lady Bath making her an Advance out of her Ladyships Estate to enable her to defend her Rights - I entreat of you to lay these Subjects before Sir James Pulteney with as little Delay as possible."
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