BIB_ID
124786
Accession number
MA 1267.37
Creator
Macleod, John Angus, Sir, 1752-1833.
Display Date
1800 July 31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
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
Concerning artillery he is delivering to him; enclosing an "outline of the various implements of destruction, which are to be confided to your destroying hands; The Devil Himself could not furnish you with a more complete assortment was He inclined to take the charge of the Artillery in person;" recommending specific weapons to specific locations; adding "The small mortars you will find extremely convenient being perfectly portable and very destructive..."
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