BIB_ID
127767
Accession number
MA 1271.54
Creator
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
Display Date
1807 Oct. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.0 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 someone whom he wishes to be considered for a Baronetage; saying "Considering the difficulty arising from the multitude of applications for the Dignity of the Baronetage, I should have been particularly glad to have had some conversation with you upon the subject of the Gentleman whom you propose for that distinction, as it would be my desire to endeavour to make such an arrangement;" asking for the name of the Gentleman if he will not be in Town for them to talk about it.
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