BIB_ID
126566
Accession number
MA 1270.38
Creator
Pulteney, James, Sir, approximately 1751-1811.
Display Date
[1796-1800?] Aug. 4.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
It is possible that the recipient of this letter was the Commander of the South Devon & Dorset Regiments.
The year of writing is not given but Captain Talbot is referred to as Captain of the HMS Eurydice. Talbot commanded that ship from August 1796 through 1800.
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 recipient of this letter was the Commander of the South Devon & Dorset Regiments.
The year of writing is not given but Captain Talbot is referred to as Captain of the HMS Eurydice. Talbot commanded that ship from August 1796 through 1800.
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
Asking him to take "the command of the Troops now embarked for foreign service;" making preparations for his embarkation with his troops on the [HMS] Eurydice under the command of Captain Talbot; impressing upon him the importance of doing everything he can to maintain good health on the ship and to maintain the supply of water; adding instructions for the stores of arms to be included.
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