BIB_ID
127766
Accession number
MA 1271.55
Creator
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Display Date
1809 June 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.9 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Volume 14 (MA 1271) 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 1271.1-60).
Volume 14 (MA 1271) 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 1271.1-60).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning his retirement as Secretary at War and his successor; informing him that his retirement "from the office of Secretary at War, a Determination which I must beg leave to say I shall always very sincerely lament, that I had His Majesty's Command to offer it to Lord Granville Leveson, & that this morning He came to let me know that he was ready to accept it - I therefore imagine that His Wait will be moved for, without loss of time & that He will wait upon you for the purpose of knowing the time at which it may be agreeable to you that he should take possession of the office."
Catalog link
Department