BIB_ID
120603
Accession number
MA 1267.29
Creator
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
Display Date
1817 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Marked "Private" above the salutation.
Volume 10 (MA 1267) 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 1267.1-60).
Volume 10 (MA 1267) 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 1267.1-60).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of his letter and saying that he expects Lord Mulgrave will have already communicated his answer to him; informing him that he does not think it proper for the Treasury to interfere with the Customs or Excise Boards in matters concerning Leave of Absence; saying he could do no more "than to write privately to one of the Commissioners of the Customs to express my wish that the Board would prolong the leave of Absence to Mr. Weston if they could do it consistently with their Public Duty."
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