BIB_ID
126531
Accession number
MA 1270.45
Creator
Pulteney, James, Sir, approximately 1751-1811.
Display Date
1803 Apr. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Address panel "Copy to Cap't James Murray / April 23, 1803."
It is possible that the behavior in question occurred at the Royal Military College which was founded by John Gaspard Le Marchant in 1801.
Volume 13 (MA 1270) 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 1270.1-50).
It is possible that the behavior in question occurred at the Royal Military College which was founded by John Gaspard Le Marchant in 1801.
Volume 13 (MA 1270) 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 1270.1-50).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Discussing his unprofessional behavior and stressing the importance of his need to apologize to Colonel Le Marchant; saying "That you should make an adequate apology appears to me to be necessary, as well for your character, as for your Interest in Life. To enter into a contest with the Commander in Chief upon this ground, would not only ruin you as far as regards your profession, but greatly injure your Reputation. Altho' the World does not fix the same stigma upon that sort of intemperate conduct which may be supposed to proceed from ill-regulated passions, or erroneous view of Propriety, as upon actions strictly dishonourable. You may be assured that the [illegible] subjects the Person accused of it to ridicule at least. I shall only add, that if upon mature deliberation you think that some acknowledgement is due to Col. le Marchant, observe as your Commanding Officer, acting at the head of a great Department, you cannot make it too full and satisfactory. This is my decided opinion and you may be assured that whether or not I take an interest in your other concerns, I would give you no advice that could in my opinion prove, in the slightest degree derogatory to your honour."
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