BIB_ID
116959
Accession number
MA 1269.1
Creator
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816.
Display Date
1784 Mar. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
The letter is signed "Mahon."
Volume 12 (MA 1269) 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 1269.1-63).
Volume 12 (MA 1269) 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 1269.1-63).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting on the success of Lord Hood and Sir Cecil Wray in their Canvas; informing him that he was "just this moment informed that Some agent of yours had been canvassing your Tenants for Mr. Fox. From yours & your Brother's ideas of Mr. Fox's most execrable E.[ast] I.[ndia] Bill, I conceive you mean to oppose & not to support him. Excuse my informing you of this Fact."
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