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Autograph letter signed : "Braborne Lees Barracks near Ashford", to [Sir James Pulteney?], 1806 July 3.

BIB_ID
137081
Accession number
MA 1272.46
Creator
Sorell, William, 1775-1848.
Display Date
1806 July 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Volume 15 (MA 1272) 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 1272.1-57).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
Summary
Reporting that "several of the limited Service Men had offered to inlist for general Service; adding that he has explained to them the terms of the longer term of service and reporting that they were still willing to enlist for unlimited service; referring to a recommendation letter written on his behalf and asking if there is a good result if he would let him know.