BIB_ID
105947
Accession number
MA 38.11
Creator
Burney, James, 1750-1821.
Display Date
1781 Jun. 18.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 23.0 cm.
Notes
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Protesting against his appointment to a small vessel, detailing his objections to the appointment and requesting to be superseded.
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