BIB_ID
119916
Accession number
MA 1261.20
Creator
Weir, George, active 1809.
Display Date
1809 Mar. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Right Honble. / Lord Advocate / of Scotland M.P. / London."
Originally enclosed in MA 1261.19, a letter from Archibald Colquhoun to Sir James Pulteney.
Volume 4 (MA 1261) 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 1261 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
Originally enclosed in MA 1261.19, a letter from Archibald Colquhoun to Sir James Pulteney.
Volume 4 (MA 1261) 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 1261 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning the possibility of putting identifying marks on recruits to detect frauds.
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