BIB_ID
137459
Accession number
MA 1272.42
Creator
Smyth, John Nugent, 1775-1838.
Display Date
1799 Nov. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Major of Brigade Mackenzie / &c &c &c" with the addition of "Many thanks for the Papers" under the address panel.
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).
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
Concerning complaints made to Sir James Pulteney by inhabitants of the island; saying he has no reason to think that any of his men were involved and explaining the measures he has taken "to prevent the Soldiers from doing mischief;" asking for permission to transfer his sick men by water rather than by foot to the Helder."
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