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Autograph letter signed : "Downing Street" [London], to Sir R.[oland]Hill, 1790 May 30.

BIB_ID
129662
Accession number
MA 894.21
Creator
Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Display Date
1790 May 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Part of a collection of letters from and to William Pitt the Elder and William Pitt the Younger. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 894-895 for more detail.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Apologizing for not being able to speak with Lord Hobart, Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, about the Ensigncy in the 38th as "the "Lord Lieutenant is under engagements which will prevent my having the satisfaction of promoting your wishes on this occasion. .