BIB_ID
106332
Accession number
MA 1262.5
Creator
Dempster, George, 1732-1818.
Display Date
1794 May 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.9 cm
Notes
Volume 5 (MA 1262) 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 1262.1-75).
William Johnstone took the name Pulteney in 1767 on his wife's succeeding to the estates of Lord Bath.
William Johnstone took the name Pulteney in 1767 on his wife's succeeding to the estates of Lord Bath.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Enclosing a letter from Count D'Erval (MA 1262.6); saying Count D'Erval's modesty prevents him from putting forth his request directly to him; requesting that he continue his friendship towards him.
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