BIB_ID
107650
Accession number
MA 1262.7
Creator
Don, George, Sir, 1756-1832.
Display Date
1802 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
James Seton was the colonial Governor of St. Vincent from 1787-1798.
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).
James Seton was the colonial Governor of St. Vincent from 1787-1798.
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).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning the details of payment of vouchers to Marine Corps officers; detailing four line items; adding "I heartily wish you Success in terminating this long and unpleasant business & wish it were in my power to give you any assistance;" asking if a Memorial for a "small piece of land in the Island of St. Vincent" for James Seton was successful.
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