BIB_ID
119851
Accession number
MA 1263.56
Creator
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834.
Display Date
1800 Sept. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Volume 6 (MA 1263) 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 MA 1263 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Regretting that the attempt upon Ferrol did not succeed; mentioning that he had hoped to join Massey in Spain as Sir James Pulteney's "Second in Command," but that the Duke of York prevented him from going; remarking that he hopes not to remain inactive if the war continues.
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