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Autograph letter signed : Fort George, to Major General MacDonald, 1808 July 12.

BIB_ID
127895
Accession number
MA 1267.35
Creator
Roy, James, active 1808.
Display Date
1808 July 12.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Major Gen'l MacDonald / &c &c &c / Commanding the Northern District / Fort George."
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
Asking for his help in putting his application for an increase in pay before the Secretary at War (Sir James Pulteney).