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Autograph letter : "Downing Street" [London], to [Sir James] Pulteney, "Thursday" [1796?] Apr. 28.

BIB_ID
129914
Accession number
MA 1271.50
Creator
Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Display Date
"Thursday" [1796?] Apr. 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.8 cm
Notes
The year of writing is not provided, however, April 28th fell on a Thursday in 1796.
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).
Written in the third person.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Sending his compliments and wishing to speak with him on the "subject of your Note before any steps will be taken in the business."