BIB_ID
118931
Accession number
MA 1262.10
Creator
Vassall, Spencer Thomas, 1764-1807.
Display Date
1803 Jan. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
This letter was enclosed in a letter from General George Don to Sir James Pulteney (MA 1262.9) in which General Don explains why Vassal should be eligible to share in the Helder Prize money.
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).
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
Petitioning to be eligible for the Helder Prize money during his service under General George Don in Holland.
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