BIB_ID
124518
Accession number
MA 1269.2
Creator
Maitland, Frederick, 1763-1848.
Display Date
"Saturday" [1803 Dec. 10].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal and postmarks to "Lt. Gen'l / Sir Ja's Pulteney B'r / East Bourne."
Date of writing from endorsement and postmark.
Volume 12 (MA 1269) 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 1269.1-63).
Date of writing from endorsement and postmark.
Volume 12 (MA 1269) 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 1269.1-63).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Informing him that he has spoken with Brownrigg on the threat of Invasion and that Brownrigg and others believe there is "no immediate danger;" adding that in his opinion he should be "perfectly safe" to stay even longer than he had intended.
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