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Autograph letter signed : Colchester, to Sir James Pulteney, 1806 May 17.

BIB_ID
116854
Accession number
MA 1272.57
Creator
Sutton, David, active 1806.
Display Date
1806 May 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
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
Introducing himself and delivering a letter (MA 487.17) signed by several officers of the West Kent Regiment facing a Court Martial; asking if he would be willing to testify on their behalf.