Record ID:
137539
Accession number:
MA 1272.30
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description:
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.4 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).
Summary:
Expressing his "earnest wish" that he will "be present in the House of Commons on Friday next, when Mr. Fox is to make a motion on the Defence of the Country. - Our opponents are active to the greatest Degree & I should be wanting in Duty if I were otherwise."
Provenance:
Purchased from the Ford Collection of Manuscripts.
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