BIB_ID
130146
Accession number
MA 1271.60
Creator
Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810.
Display Date
[1778-1810] .
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
The letter is undated however William Douglas held the title of the Marquess of Queensberry from 1778-1810. The letter is signed "Queensberry."
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 a petition by a Mr. Gordon which he believes will give him "little trouble" and asking for his assistance.
Catalog link
Department