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Copy of an extract of a letter : Toulon, to Lady Spencer, 1793 Oct. 5.

BIB_ID
121138
Accession number
MA 1264.10
Creator
Lynedoch, Thomas Graham, Baron, 1748-1843.
Display Date
1793 Oct. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.0 cm
Notes
Volume 7 (MA 1264) 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 1264.1-56).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Relating details of "the most extraordinary event of our getting possession of this place... which repaid me for the Ennui of a nine Months Cruize;" describing respect Lord Hood and Lord Mulgrave and their forces at the Siege of Toulon.