BIB_ID
116783
Accession number
MA 1272.47
Creator
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834.
Display Date
1800 Aug. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.0 cm
Notes
Volume 15 (MA 1272) 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 1272.1-57).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning "your observations respecting Bombs, having ordered two to be attached to the Expedition under your Orders; this description of Vessels though they may perhaps not prove serviceable at the first point of Attack, will undoubtedly be of Use, in the case which forms the third alternative of your Instructions."
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